Brief Introduction to Gongcheng

Gongcheng Yao Autonomous County is located in the northeastern part of Guangxi, 108 kilometers away from Guilin City. It is connected to Sanxiang in the north and facing Wuyue in the south. It has been the throat of the Central Plains entering Lingnan since ancient times. The Central Plains culture and Lingnan culture intersect and merge here, giving birth to the unique Yaoxiang regional culture.

October ~ The persimmon was ripe, so I made an appointment with a good friend and rushed to Gongcheng excitedly. I came to Gongcheng entirely because I wanted to eat persimmon as a foodie. Persimmons, many people have different feelings.

Mingchenggongcheng

Gongcheng has national key cultural relics protection units, Confucian Temple, Wu Temple, Zhou Wei Temple and Hunan Guild Hall. It is the only place in China where Wenwu Temple coexists.

There are Gongcheng persimmon, Shatian pomelo, tangerine, Penang taro and red melon seeds; local specialties include sweet wine, persimmon fruit wine, yellow bamboo shoots, etc.

The high-speed railway station is still very convenient

Gongcheng Confucian Temple

Gongcheng Confucian Temple, also known as Confucian Temple and Xuegong, is a temple commemorating Confucius, an outstanding educator and thinker in ancient China. It covers an area of 3600 square meters and has a construction area of 1300 square meters. It is the largest, oldest, most magnificent and most completely preserved temple in Guangxi. It is a provincial key cultural relic protection unit. It was built in the eighth year of Yongle of the Ming Dynasty (1410 AD).

The people of Gongcheng advocate literature, and the Confucian Temple has an important position in the people of Gongcheng. Every child's preschool enlightenment and writing ceremony will be held in the Confucian Temple. Not only that, but also the well-known students who wish to pray for further studies will come to the Confucian Temple to pray. Hope to high school! Because Gongcheng has had many literati since ancient times,

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were academies, social schools, and private schools in the county. From the Tang and Song Dynasties to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were 28 people (including 22 military officials), 52 people were Gung Gong, 39 people were Bagong Gong, 12 people were deputy tribute, 299 people were annual tribute, and 14 people were Lin tribute.

Confucius Temple Menkou

Tourists paying incense to Emperor Kong

pray

Happy day

Gongcheng Martial Temple, also known as Guandi Temple, is a temple dedicated to Guan Yu, the famous general of the Three Kingdoms. It was built in the 31st year of Wanli of the Ming Dynasty (AD 1603). So far, the Wu Temple Atlas has a history of 400 years. It is now a key cultural relics protection unit in the autonomous region. The entire temple covers an area of 2100 square meters and a building area of 1033 square meters. It is located on the right side of the Confucian Temple at the southern foot of Yinshan Mountain.

The Wu Temple building is divided into a stage, the main hall, the Xieyuan Palace, the back hall and the east and west side halls. The east and west wing rooms use sculptures to display Guan Yu's legendary stories, such as the Three Righteous Righteousness in Taoyuan, the killing of the Yellow Turban Hero's First Merit, and the killing of Huaxiong with warm wine. The Wumiao Theater is one of the two most completely preserved ancient stages in Guangxi (the other is in Huangyao Ancient Town in Zhaoping County). Although it has gone through four hundred years of vicissitudes, its style remains the same.

After visiting the historic sites, we came to Yaohan Yangshou City

Yaohan Yangshou City is located in Ping 'an Town in the east of the county seat. Relying on the special natural resource conditions of Gongcheng, its traditional medical and health care skills

A smart health care city that integrates rehabilitation treatment, health vacations, sightseeing tours, medical research, cultural experience, business meetings and other functions... Become an excellent comprehensive center for health care in Guilin and even in China.

Yaochi Yaoyu

The antique interior environment and the unique all-barrel Yao bath design adopt the traditional Yao people's riverside original ecological health bath, bamboo forest aerobic original ecological health bath, combined with modern scientific refinement and Yao people's secret recipe medicine bag...

Buying this as a gift to a friend is also an excellent choice.

Yaoyi Hospital

"It is characterized by Yao ethnic medicine, based on traditional Chinese medicine, and supported by modern diagnosis and treatment technology", which integrates medical treatment, prevention, health care, rehabilitation, recuperation, health preservation, and cultural inheritance of ethnic medicine.

meditation

On the one hand, meditation can reduce stress, but also improve IQ, eliminate fatigue, control hatred, etc. Although the state entered by this meditation is not yet light and has not yet broken through the obstacles of ignorance, it is still very good. Meditation can bring endless relaxation to people. You can discover the fun by carefully appreciating it. Diseases arise from the heart, and the heart turns from disease. Experiencing health and meditation meditation in Yangshou City can relieve pressure, calm, heal, and shoulder the burden.

Tai Chi Meridian Physical Therapy

The president of the Institute of Natural Therapy is also the contemporary inheritor of the Xuanma Dong Mai of the Dong nationality. Xuanma Dong Mai-natural therapy is said to have been passed down from the Dong medicine for thousands of years. After more than ten years of continuous research and development and practice, natural therapy was created, which is among the minority ethnic groups. It is very famous in the local area, and it also created Tai Chi meridian physiotherapy and herbal essential oils for external use. Be sure to try this if you need it.

Gongcheng Camellia

Lunch! Oh no... Three meals a day

The famous Chinese coffee

Camellia Oleifera

Gongcheng Camellia oleifera For people in Gongcheng: "If you don't drink Camellia oleifera soup for a day, the food on the table will not be fragrant." If any distinguished guests visit, Gongcheng people will entertain them with the crispy and delicious Gongcheng Camellia oleifera. Gongcheng people have to "make camellia oleifera" for breakfast every day, and some families even cannot leave camellia oleifera for three meals.

Gongcheng Youcha Tea is called "Da" not to mention boiling. It is the unified name for various places, but the oil tea from various places has its own different flavors. The unified method of making Camellia oleifera is to use old leaf black tea as the main ingredient, fry it with oil until it is slightly burnt and fragrant, add salt and water to boil, and most of it is boiled with ginger. The taste is strong and astringent, with astringent and spicy. Grunched peanut powder is also added to the Gongcheng area to make the taste more mellow and less astringent. Because the cooking time is just right, Gongcheng Camellia oleifera is regarded as the crown of Camellia oleifera everywhere, and is well-known throughout northern Guangxi and Guangxi.

The long-lived old man skillfully makes camellia oleifera.

Gongcheng Camellia

The picture below is the Wufuchun Gold Medal Oil Tea House that has won many gold medals. To be honest, during the two days in Gongcheng, I came to Wufuchun to eat three consecutive meals. The taste of the oil tea in Gongcheng is still different from that in Guilin City. The oil tea here is more smooth and does not sandwich at all. The ingredients are what I ordered, and I still have to reminisce since I came back!

peanuts

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Rice flower, rice dispersion

Drinking Camellia oleifera must be accompanied by various snacks, all of which are fried and stir-fried foods. Most of the complementary foods in Miao, Yao, Dong and other ethnic minority areas are fried soybeans, fried peanuts, fried corn, fried peanuts, and then glutinous rice balls or glutinous rice flour glutinous rice cakes. The county seats in Pingle area of Gongcheng are more sophisticated, and there are often more than a dozen kinds of crispy and fried snacks. When guests are invited to drink Camellia oleifera, snacks are often placed on a table, which looks like treating guests to dinner.

Hongyan village

persimmon

persimmon

There are seven legendary persimmon

The trees are long and the leaves are shady

No nests, no insects

You can admire the frosty leaves and taste the good fruits

Fat fallen leaves can be written

It is recorded in the Tang Dynasty's Shangshu Gushi

There was a famous and pious person named Zheng Sheng

Love calligraphy and painting but have no money to buy paper to copy

Because there are several persimmon plants in Cien Temple

Falling leaves were everywhere, so I borrowed a monk's house to live in

Picking up red leaves all day long to learn books

It is said that Zheng Qian stored three rooms of persimmon leaves at once

I am very sorry to write both sides

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, when the litterateur Tao Zongyi lived in seclusion in Nancun

After farming, I will pick up persimmon leaves to remember

After writing down, throw it into the jar

Later, these words written on persimmon leaves

It compiled "Nancun Stopping Farming Record"

Hongyan Village Tour

It's the persimmon festival

A small persimmon brought fire to this eco-tourism village.

China's only "Hometown of Persimmons" title

Ten thousand acres of pollution-free fruit persimmon base

It's the persimmon festival

A small persimmon brought fire to this eco-tourism village.

China's only "Hometown of Persimmons" title

Ten thousand acres of pollution-free fruit persimmon base

The string of flowers at the Persimmons Festival is booming

Tourists can buy the crispy persimmons themselves for 1 yuan per piece

I was fortunate enough to meet a Yao wedding banquet. The main family members of both sides wore traditional Yao costumes, and the wedding ceremony was solemn, elegant and very lively.

The man chooses a betrothal gift and sends it to the woman's home

Pick a bucket full of persimmons

Put the peeled persimmon in a dustpan and dry it outdoors!

The sky slowly darkened and we found that our brother Gongcheng had broken two beautiful persimmons for us. O(④_④)O hahaha ~

first stop

Gongcheng's Panwang Festival

Panwang Festival is a festival for the Yao people to worship their ancestor Panwang. It is the 16th month of the tenth month of the lunar calendar. On the festival day, oxen and pigs were killed, the King of Pan was solemnly sacrificed, and the statue of King Pan was carried out on a trip. Taoist teachers were invited to do rituals. At the same time, performances, drum tarting, folk songs, fireworks grabbing, dragon and lion dances were carried out.

The annual Panwang Festival in Gongcheng is a very important festival. Since the sacrificial ceremony was held at the Confucian Temple, the people of the entire Gongcheng are celebrating it.

Yaowang Museum

the weather was great

I wake up in the morning full of positive energy

The Yao people are a nation that can sing and dance well. Singing to convey feelings and meet friends is a major characteristic of the Yao people. In the natural and social development process of Hongyan Village in Gongcheng, the local Yao songs and dances with the dynasties, which have both traditional simplicity and modern vitality. The performance of Yao marriage and love customs is a classic of Yao songs and dances, including: singing love songs, choosing a bridegroom, looking for a bride, crying for marriage, carrying the bride, praying for marriage, passing the Bangtou Pass and other Yao customs. There are also "Nuo Dance","Tongle Dance","Bamboo Pole Dance","Oil Tea Song", etc. with a history of more than 2,000 years. Gongcheng people are good at expressing the joys and sorrows of life in the form of folk songs. There are many kinds of folk songs and countless. The "Panwang Festival" on the 16th of the October lunar month every year is a traditional festival of the Yao people. During this period, various large-scale ethnic song and dance performances fully reflect the colorful ethnic culture of Yao Township.

Yao Wang Museum in the Cloud

The two museums are close to each other, so they were specially put together. Around the Yao King's Museum is the Yao Museum in Gongcheng.

the second station

The content of the Gongcheng Yao Museum actually consists of two parts. One part introduces the history and stories of the Yao people, and the other part introduces the Yao people in Gongcheng. In this museum, you can see the origin, distribution, migration, language, costumes, customs, etc. of the Yao people; the other part, which is also the main part of the museum, introduces the history, culture, characters, folk customs, and colorful life of the Yao people in Gongcheng.

The most abundant ancient cultural scrolls of the Yao people are here: Gongcheng Yao Museum holds the "Meishan Painting"

Gongcheng Yao Museum

Here, take a detailed account of the history of the Yao people...

Zhou Weici

Thousands of households dry their products for winter storage

Build embankments all over the land for droughts and floods

Sparse wood shaking empty semi-green yellow

The north wind reciprocates and cools

According to records in the History of the Song Dynasty, Zhou Wei was from Lukou Village, Gongcheng County. He was born in the fifth year of the Tang Dynasty and died in the second year of Xianping in the Northern Song Dynasty (999 AD). He was born as a scholar and served as a servant. According to the annals of Gongcheng's old county, he once cared about the sufferings of the people in his hometown, petitioned the court for taxes, tried his best to develop the wisdom of the people, and set up rural schools. Because of his integrity and political achievements throughout his life, he was granted the title of "King Zhonghu and Huilie" by the imperial court after his death. The people in his hometown thanked him for his virtue and donated money to build temples and statues for him. Zhou Wei Temple covers an area of more than 1600 square meters and has a building area of 1040 square meters. It consists of a stage (destroyed in thirty years), a gate building, a main hall, a back hall and left and right wing rooms. It is now a key cultural relics protection unit in the autonomous region.

Gongcheng calls it Zhou Wang Temple or Jiaying Temple. It was built in the 14th year of Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty (AD 1478) and renovated in the first year of Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty (AD 1723). It was a temple dedicated to Zhou Wei, the censor of the Northern Song Dynasty. The cultural relics here in Gongcheng are all well preserved. Even now, we can still feel like we have returned to ancient times.

the fourth stop

Old Street

There are almost no people in the old street. Naturally, on both sides of the street are mostly stormy old houses from the last century, with blue bricks and ancient tiles. Most of the Iron Generals are uninhabited. In the middle is a beautiful European-style building, which may be the home of merchants or officials during the Republic of China. The old house at No. 1 Taihe Street is still a rare adobe building today. Some alleys are very narrow and silent. The green brick corridors are littered with dead leaves from every other year. It seems that only one person can pass through, with the green moss of living people. Seeing those rusty and mottled iron locks and wooden windows with broken glass gave me a feeling of vicissitudes of time.

Because I had to go to the station during working time, I didn't stop much in the old street. The elderly people inside felt very peaceful living in these old houses. Although history has changed, the old houses are still there, and now they are a little aloof from the world!

Gongcheng persimmon cake

Gongcheng persimmon cake is famous for its large size, round shape, thick meat, soft quality and sweet taste. It is made from high-quality persimmon peeling and sun-drying. The meat is brownish and red and translucent. The cake skin is condensed with a layer of snow-white persimmon honey cream. It is round, just like the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival, hence the name persimmon.

The work is done, isn't it quite nice?

The popular version of persimmon cakes

How could I forget to bring these guys when I bid farewell to Gongcheng? Every winter, I like to eat these gadgets the most.