Regional Characteristics of Xinghu Lake in Zhaoqing

Zhaoqing has a pleasant climate, and along the 500-kilometer high-grade highway around the city, Zhaoqing has opened up thousands of miles of tourist routes. Numerous scenic spots such as pearls are connected in a string: Baogong Temple, Lunmu Temple in Deqing Yuecheng, Panlong Gorge, Jinlin Water Town, Fengkai Longshan Scenic Area, Asia's largest porphyry, Guangning Bamboo Sea, Huaiyi Wild Goose Wings, Xanadu, Sihui Town Mountain, Shili Qishi River, Dinghu Hulu Mountain Scenic Area, Jiulong Lake, Gaoyao Guangxin Agricultural Ecological Park, Xijiang Little Three Gorges, Qixingyan Tourist Resort and its completion on May 1 every year. Song Cheng was put into use before May Day and exhibited for three months.

Surrounded by the continuous mountains, waves of songs that casually pop up resound through Shan Ye, and the legend of a generation of singers in Liu Sanmei has been circulating in my ears; Second, the ancient Kirin white horse dance shows the joy and excitement of the champion returning to his mother, and the rock-solid love for the champion is also sung everywhere; Third, if you are energetic, you might as well be a "Spider-Man" and climb the "best stone in the world" along the cliffs; Fourth, eat apricot chicken, drink a glass of apricot wine and taste the wild vegetables in Xinghua Mountain Villa.

The first stone in the world, the dappled stone, is said to be a colored sacred stone left by Nu Wa when she was mending the sky. A petrochemical turned into a mountain, with extraordinary momentum.

The Great Porphyry Wall is 1,000 feet high, 19 1.3m high, 1365m long and 695m wide. From a distance, there are thousands of stripes, like a waterfall pouring down. From a distance, the texture is from top to bottom, just like a waterfall roaring down from the top of a stone, which makes tourists feel very strong. Especially after the rain, mottled stones are colorful and extraordinary. When tourists climb from both sides of the porphyry, the mountains are lush with trees and lilies are in full bloom. At the top of the mountain, you can see the white horse (mountain) on the left and the unicorn (mountain) on the right. There is also an idyllic scenery in front of us, which makes people ecstatic.

Porphyry can not only crawl, but also crawl. The largest outdoor rock climbing project in South China is here. A 1 1 climbing lane is installed on the porphyry. The heights of two performance lanes are 19 1 m, and the heights of the other nine lanes are 60 m, 80 m and 100 m respectively, which can be freely selected by professional and non-professional climbers. Just like a steep mountain cut by a knife, climbing it is close to danger and extremely exciting, which makes people really feel the feeling of conquering nature. base

There are many ancient villages in the Pearl River Delta with dense river networks, and a large number of ancient villages in Sui, Tang, Ming and Qing Dynasties are still preserved. These ancient villages used to be lively and prosperous, and the village construction was also ingenious. These little-known ancient village dwellings are integrated into the beautiful landscape paintings in Lingnan, and they have a unique flavor of Guangfu.

On the banks of the Xijiang River, 300 kilometers away from Guangzhou and at the junction of Guangdong and Guangxi, there is a beautiful place called Fengkai, which is the birthplace of Lingnan culture and the connection point of the Silk Road between land and sea. Here you can wander among the big houses of Ming and Qing Dynasties in Yangchi Ancient Village, the first village in Lingnan, and feel the profound cultural heritage. You can also walk into the farmhouse and feel the local customs.

Country impression

There are many ancient villages with hundreds of years of history, and the ancient village of Yangchi, which is known as the "first village in Lingnan", is built on a hillside with a winding path. The whole village is built on the mountain, showing the Lingnan style in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Walking on the mossy slate path of the ancient village head of Yangchi, I feel unusually calm when I look at the big blue brick houses on both sides of the path. It seems to be touched by the unique historical vicissitudes and Ming and Qing architecture here.

Approaching the countryside

As a relatively complete ancient architectural complex in Ming and Qing Dynasties, the primitive ancient dwellings in Yangchi Ancient Village are a major attraction. When I entered the village, I felt that there were more than 60 well-preserved ancient houses around me, all built on hard hilltops or overhanging hilltops. All the buildings are brick and wood structures, or Shi Zhuan is a tall building with narrow doors, or a burning clock is hung on the high wall. The ancient banyan stands at the head of the village, and the villages and lanes are arranged vertically like comb teeth, commonly known as "comb layout".

Looking at the residential buildings that have remained unchanged for many years, Lingnan traditional culture has been faithfully reproduced. Looking at the exquisite decorative arts such as murals, gray sculptures and wood carvings on the ancient houses, I was completely attracted by birds and animals, flowers and birds, and cordyceps sinensis, and felt that every painting was lifelike. I thought that "the first village in Lingnan" showed the rural characteristics more than 100 years ago, but I accidentally found that ancestral halls, academies, flower halls, mills, and even banks, silver houses and other buildings necessary for China's ancient urban life can be seen here, as if I had returned to the ancient village of Yangchi. The folk art performance in the ancient village of Yangchi is also very attractive. "Kirin and White Horse" is one of the representatives. It is the oldest folk art in Fengkai and is based on a sad legend.

The villagers in Yangchi Ancient Village are hospitable. If you like, you can visit their home and have a real farmhouse meal. Naturally, the dishes are not more exquisite than the big meals in restaurants outside, but they have an out-and-out farmhouse flavor: the dishes are planted in their own gardens and are particularly sweet; Chickens and ducks are all raised by themselves, and they are alive and kicking on the stone road in the village, which is particularly fresh ... although simple, they are particularly delicious. Don't forget to join in the fun when you catch up with the pig killer. The taste of pork is very different from that in the city!

Self driving route

You can start from Guangzhou, take Guangsan and Zhao Guang Expressway, turn to National Highway 32 1, and pass Zhaoqing and Deqing, which takes about 3 hours by car. Backpacker: At Yuexiu South Bus Station, there are many long-distance buses arriving in Fengkai every day, and the fare is 65 yuan. When you enter the territory of Fengkai, you can transfer to the bus heading for Nanfeng at Wangcun Station, and you can reach many scenic spots. Jinlin Water Village, Guan Wei Town, Deqing City, Zhaoqing City, is a water village with a history of 1400 years since the end of Sui Dynasty. It was one of the four townships in Deqing in ancient times. Backed by Rime Mountain, Jigang River in the east, Jinlin River in the west and surrounded by Shuanghe River, the village is dotted with large and small ponds and canals. Antique buildings with strong Lingnan charm, rivers and green trees flowing along the street are arranged in the village in turn, like an ink painting.

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Jinlin is a unique water town. Since ancient times, there have been five wells, two rivers and two wells, namely Jinlin River and Jigang River. The four wells in the village and the "high-definition well" outside the village are "longan", and the two wells flow in front of every household. Jinlin, with a history of more than 1700 years, still retains the characteristics of the Ming Dynasty in many buildings, such as green mountains and green waters, beautiful farmland, ancient houses, ancestral temples, quaint rural folk customs and pastoral atmosphere, all of which reflect the elegance and simplicity of Lingnan cultural water town.

To enter the water town, you must first take a ferry. Sitting on a bamboo raft shuttling between rivers, surrounded by quiet ancient villages, along the winding stone path, there are ancient ancestral temples with hard gables, bogulong gray ridges and swallowtail floating ridges. I feel that Jinlin Water Town is a small bridge in Lingnan. A small river winds through the door of every household. The local farmers are very simple. Choose a restaurant to taste authentic farm food, which has a unique flavor.

Handmade workshops are another highlight of Jinlin Ancient Village. Brewing, making tofu, bean curd brain and squeezing soybean oil are all authentic manual workshops. This is not a stunt to develop tourism, but the real life of local people. Walking into the workshop, I had to be fascinated by these traditional handicrafts, and I could taste these fresh products myself, and then I remembered the sentence: "It's delicious." Hejiang fresh food is a special food, as well as authentic snacks such as sealed chestnut, sweet pumpkin, wild vegetables on the hillside and lotus root in Longtan.

Zhaoqing's catering is mainly Cantonese cuisine, with a local flavor that combines North and South flavors, Chinese and Western flavors, dishes, snacks and snacks. The local characteristics mainly include: Xijiang seafood, Guangning bamboo shoot banquet, Dawan Maixi carp (pomfret), warm carp, Dinghu Shangsu, Zhaoqing steamed chicken, preserved apricot chicken, Sihui fresh Luo, Sihui oil tea chicken, Deqing bamboo tube powder and so on. Zhaoqing Xinghu's farm dishes and game are in Qixingyan Tourist Resort (Beiling Food Street).

Friends who like seafood can go to Jiang Bin Road, Xijiang Road and Qianjin Road for high, medium and low consumption. Friends who eat western food in Zhaoqing Xinghu can go to Xinghu West Road to taste delicious steak and enjoy the unique beauty of Xinghu.

Dinghu Shangsu is a famous dish unique to Qingyun Temple in Dinghu Mountain, Zhaoqing, which is full of color, fragrance, taste and shape. It was built in the early Ming Dynasty (1647- 1650). The brewing of Dinghu vegetables includes the following steps: firstly, select high-quality mushrooms, straw mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms (more than three mushrooms), tremella, auricularia auricula, tremella, shaer, osmanthus fragrans (more than 62%), Nostoc flagelliforme, dried bamboo shoots, dried shrimps, yuba, vermicelli, daylily and so on. Then soak in water, wash, stew one by one, and add.

Crispy on Dinghu Lake is characterized by bright color, fragrance, sweetness, crispness, smoothness and sweetness.

Fengkai apricot chicken is produced in the areas of apricot blossom and fishing waterlogging in Fengkai County, Zhaoqing City. In addition to its excellent variety, it is mainly because local farmers raise it under bamboo forests or pine trees on the mountain by the stream, and often feed it with weeds and insect ants, so it has three major characteristics: two thin, three yellow and two short, that is, the head is thin and the bones are thin; Yellow mouth, yellow hair and yellow feet; Short body and short neck. Apricot chicken has plump muscles and uniform fat distribution. Whether it is boiled or steamed, it is as tender, smooth, fresh and sweet, especially boiled. Apricot chicken is slaughtered and washed, soaked in boiling water at 90 degrees Celsius, so its skin is golden, shiny, fresh and sweet, refreshing and fragrant. The market price is about a catty in 20 yuan. Pomfret, produced in Maixi and Maitang of Dawan, Gaoyao, was famous all over the world during the Hongwu period of Ming Dynasty (1368- 1398). Maixi carp has a thin head, a small mouth, high shoulders, a round belly and a soft body. There are three shiny gold threads on both sides of the fish, extending from the gills to the tail. What's more, Maixi carp has no special seedlings. Common carp can be transformed into Maixi carp when placed in Maixi and Maitang. If you put the Maxi carp in other fish ponds, it will become an ordinary carp in a year and a half.

Maxi carp is unique in cooking, especially in steaming. If you want to keep its original flavor, don't put ginger, onion and soy sauce, just add a little salt, raw oil and shredded dried tangerine peel, and the meat will be tender, smooth and sweet without fishy smell. The market price is about a kilo from 20 yuan to 30 yuan. Wen carp (Siniperca chuatsi) is produced in Wenlang, Shapu Town, Dinghu District, Zhaoqing City. It is different from common carp, and its biggest characteristics are: rough appearance, round head, round brain and round body; Look carefully, shrink your head and shrug your shoulders, your mouth is small and your body is round. There are three gold threads extending from the cheek to the tail. Carassius auratus is small in viscera, oily and fleshy, especially suitable for steaming, and rarely cooked by other methods. When steaming, don't put ginger onion or oil, just add a little cooked salt and shredded tangerine peel. This steamed carp tastes crisp, tender, sweet and smooth.

During Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty, an imperial envoy visited Zhaoqing. After eating the gift, he lamented that it was "a rare delicacy" and immediately sent someone back to Beijing as a gift to Empress Dowager Cixi. After the Queen Mother tasted it, Long Yan was very happy and awarded Wenlang the plaque of "the first pond king of Lingnan carp". The production of warm carp is very small, and it is mainly sold to Hong Kong, Macao and Southeast Asian countries.