Heart-moving Xiamen
I came to Xiamen again.
There is no other reason, just because I have been here before.
Just like we love to eat a dish, listen to a song, or think of someone for no reason because we have loved it.
Confirming memories, time and time again, are the feelings that humans cannot quit most.
Early summer is the most fragrant and warmest season in Xiamen. The seaside town in the sun is like an elegant dancer with blue skirts dancing in the blue sea and blue wind, making it easy to be fascinated by her brilliance and lightness. Then, follow her Dance with the passion that has been calm in your heart for a long time and draw the most beautiful dance steps...
Xiamen always seems to be so vibrant. It is full of people, traffic and flights coming and going. However, behind the rush, almost everyone who comes to Xiamen thinks of a legendary leisurely life--stay in Gulangyu while watching the flowers and listening to the piano, watch the waves gradually fade away along the Huandao Road, or sit quietly in the winding field of Xiamen University for an afternoon... However, such a slow life is something that a group tour can never achieve. I have visited Xiamen twice, one for a tour and the other for a free trip. I strongly recommend the latter for three reasons:
--Xiamen has developed transportation, with special tourist lines, BRT, ru-woven bus lines, and shuttle TAXI (the airport has a seven-seat retro classic car-shaped taxi. It has a large space, WIFI and a ride-hailing APP, which is very cost-effective if there are many people)... In addition, the main scenic spots are concentrated in the area of Huandao South Road. As long as the route is planned in advance, traffic will definitely be unimpeded.
--Xiamen's food, accommodation, shopping and entertainment are unique. Free travel ensures sufficient time to appreciate the local customs and inject individuality into travel.
[Accommodation]
Especially recommend this time? Xiamen? This time, we started to see all kinds of things one or two weeks in advance. Xiamen? Because I want to go there for leisure and relaxation, I must choose a hotel with higher comfort. Have you been watching since the beginning? Zhongshan? Road and road? Gulangyu? The hotel is close to various attractions. But after looking at it for a long time, I couldn't make a reservation. I always felt dissatisfied with something (mainly because I like to read bad reviews when booking hotels?). Later, I expanded the scope of my choices a little and finally decided on [? Youdu Bieyuan] Inn, this inn was newly opened in 2017. All kinds of services and hardware are excellent, and the surrounding environment is also great. It is located in Zengcuo 'an and has more accommodation than the city center!
Trip suggestions:
DAY1: Train or flight to Xiamen and board Gulangyu in the afternoon (If you board the island in the morning, be careful to book your ticket online in advance. Otherwise, queuing up to buy tickets during the peak season is also a painstaking and time-consuming task. It is recommended to board the island in the afternoon. The ticket is not tight and can be purchased at any time.) View the night view and stay at Gulangyu's characteristic B & Bs (Gulangyu is expensive in east and west, so if you care about money, consider outside the island);
DAY2: One-day trip to Gulangyu, leave the island at dusk, visit Zengcuo 'an at night, and stay in Zengcuo' an characteristic B & B;
DAY3: You can participate in a one-day trip to Tulou or a one-day trip to Yunshuiyao organized by the local community (it is recommended to purchase online in advance); Suzeng Cuoan B&B;
DAY4: Nanputuo Temple, Xiamen University, Huli Mountain Fort, Huandao Road, Zhongshan Road, Suzeng Cuoan B & B;
DAY5: Jimei, Botanical Garden or Railway Museum (depending on your personal preference, there is no need to go all of them), take a bullet train or flight back.
For bees coming from afar, if they just go to Xiamen to see the sea and visit the island, the price/performance ratio will be a bit low. It is strongly recommended to make a combination of Nanjing and Yongding Tulou during the trip. The petty bourgeoisie atmosphere and Hakka customs can add a lot of travel memories...
Regarding equipment, for people like me who are not very proficient in photography but have a passion for obsessive-compulsive recording, whether or not to bring a SLR when traveling is always a "knot". Considering that Xiamen tourists also have many participating experience projects such as eating, shopping, and playing in addition to scenery viewing, it is really too "sweet" to carry a huge SLR while walking around Huandao Road, beach, Xiamen University or Zhongshan roadside to take pictures. What's even more terrifying is that it will make people even more powerless to squeeze public transportation and ferries with SLR. After thinking about it, I finally chose a flagship card with a petite figure (a micro card is also good, of course, girls and couples who love beauty cannot lack the self-portrait artifact). The camera rope is put on the hand and sweeps the street all the way. It is neither cumbersome nor eye-catching. The imaging effect is compared to a SLR. Although it lacks the shallow depth of field with prominent themes and the macro with clear clarity, Xiamen's lighting conditions in May are excellent, and the scenery and portrait effects can still meet the needs of the eye... My equipment uses the Sony RX100, which is fashionable and lightweight, with strong manual mode. The built-in panoramic, watercolor, illustrations, HDR painting, miniature and other effects are used to capture landscapes. I would like to like you first...
(This is the first time I have repaired so many photos too retro and look a little under-exposed. Please forgive me if you don't like them, but it's not the camera's problem.)
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A Xiamen University's youth has never left
Xiamen University's youth is the various bicycles that can be seen everywhere on campus.
They have the brightest colors, the clearest bells, and the lightest figures.
Sometimes, they stop quietly under the trees in the teaching building, with the shadows dancing, and their dreams jumping happily on the highest and highest branches.
Sometimes, one after another, they are neatly arranged on one side of the avenue. From this end to that, from that end to this end, you can vaguely see that there are countless things that only belong to the precious friendship of college time.
Sometimes, with a shout, they will fly past you like birds, accompanied by the most unrestrained and hearty singing.
They are densely placed in front of the restaurant, new and old, one comes and a few leave. Around them is the noisiest world, but the most authentic years of life are placed.
On the mountain road, a bicycle went down the curve and up again. The young man used all his strength, and the wind blew the girl's long hair high in the back seat. Youth and love are so perfect.
On the basketball court, they stood in a long shadow in the afterglow of the sunset. Not far away, sweat was flying, and the ball jumped between the palms of the palms of the palms. The surging enthusiasm burned endlessly.
This is Xiamen University, a tower that imprisons and releases youth. All stories about youth end on one side of the tower and sprout on the other side of the tower, page after page, never leaving.
Xiamen University
The gate of Xiamen University (Siming Campus) does not have the swagger and fangs of a new university. The northwest gate of Nanputuo is solemn and elegant, the west gate is solemn and literary, and the south gate facing Baicheng Beach has some romance and poetry that adorn love. However, during class, even if you are full of admiration, the doormen of Xiamen University will not let you go freely. Fortunately, there are some "guerrillas" outside the door that specifically target tourists. As long as they are willing to pay three or two tips, these mysterious organizations will use their inherent methods to lead the attracted tourists to "break" into the campus (business secrets + slight loss of identity, I won't go into details here, haha), minus the time lost caused by the long wait.
The roads of Xiamen University are built along the mountains, winding and winding. Although it is easy to get lost while walking through them, it also has a unique feeling of dark willows and bright flowers and unique caves.
Walking forward along a certain teaching building, turning a corner, you will reach a large road. Looking from afar, half of it is flowers and half of it is road, enchanting and clean. When I walked to the end of my life, I suddenly saw a viewing platform with a wide view. Outside the swaying flower branches, there were crowded beaches, elevated urban buildings with rolling traffic and the vast sea. Standing here, I really wanted to shout recklessly, hoping that my voice could reach the other side of the sea.
Up and down the road, you can see sloping walls decorated with stones everywhere. On the slope, there is a dense small bamboo forest, with leaves rustling in the wind, or covered with lush and prosperous creeper, or large tracts of flowers, hanging down from the top of the slope, as beautiful as balls of fire, making people walk and unknowingly fall in love with this vibrant campus.
The most beautiful road is along the coast of Furong Lake. There are straight coconut trees, grassy grasslands, pebbles and winding paths between banyan trees, which surround the rippling lake with blue waves. The styles are different but harmonious. The lake is not big. Compared with the slightly solemn Unnamed Lake under the roots of the Imperial City, Furong Lake is more beautiful. Students in twos and threes were quietly sitting on stone chairs by the roadside, reading books or meditating on the lake. The whole world seemed to be silent.
In addition to the lush green leaves, there are the European-style retro teaching buildings and dormitory buildings of Xiamen University. They are old, but they are not the old ones that can only be used for viewing. They are decorated with several steps and three or two sculptures, and they are clean and tidy, scattered on the slopes, roadside, and lakesides. Under the bright sunshine of the south, they exude the glory of history, revealing a moderate academic atmosphere, as well as the exquisite and steady nature unique to the Jiageng era.
Speaking of the most special road, of course it is the Furong Tunnel. The long passage has been processed into an endless picture of thoughts and emotions by generations of talented people in the past and present. With a childish writing style, exaggerated color collocation, and some deliberate expression, all thoughts about youth and life are arranged and combined into one picture after another, concrete or abstract, full of scrutiny, hesitation, calling and uninhibited. Compared with those works of Beijing 798, which have a slightly industrial assembly line flavor, they may not be as angular, but they lack the mature hypocrisy and imagination restraint in the adult world.
Xiamen University uses the most intuitive method of graffiti to engrave generations of youth on the wall, making every tourist who has had youth or is having youth deeply feel that youth may be full of flowers or may grow. Weeds, they may not be beautiful, but they cannot be barren.
The elegant Furong Lake, the artistic Furong Tunnel, Xiamen University will slow people down, and when we reach the most famous winding field, we will stop. The leaves of the palm trees sing softly in the wind, and the world in front of you stretches around along the arc-shaped lines, seemingly without boundaries. Sunlight shone down from among the tall buildings and tree shadows in the distance, and the playground was covered with a faint yellow halo. Two students were running slowly along the red track, one circle after another, youth, reincarnation at their feet, reincarnation again... At this time, it is best to sit on a high step, sit quietly for a while, without talking or thinking, or dream the whole day, and consume the dusk lazily like tasting a cup of new tea.
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There is no perfect route to visit Xiamen University, so it's best to go casual (I happened to encounter an event of the Xiamen University Student Union and issued a ticket-sized school map with tour route guidance, which is very good, but unfortunately I didn't take it), Ximen Jin (If you visit Nanputuo first, you can enter from the Northwest Gate), exit the South Gate and visit Baicheng Beach. When you have time, you can also sit in the library or a classroom to experience the old times that have passed away.
Furong Restaurant is just passing by and has no right to comment on the quality of the dishes. However, the restaurant is filled with vehicles and seems to be very popular. There is a small supermarket next to the restaurant. The bread tastes good. I wonder if I was a little hungry at the time...
There are often exhibitions and public welfare activities organized by the Student Union on campus. This is a good opportunity to experience campus culture. Even a few minutes will make people regain the simple and enthusiastic sense of commitment they had in college.
How regrettable it would be to sit on a poetic seaside but not build a poetic seaside road.
Fortunately, Xiamen did not disappoint.
Different from the twists and turns of coastal roads such as Dalian, Qingdao, Taitung, Xiamen's roundabout road is not so long, but full of imagination and rhythm. It shuttles between the most prosperous and tranquil, connecting the sunrise and sunset with the rise and fall of mountains. It stretches out to the sea and backs against the sea. It is exquisite, a little casual, modern, and a little retro.
I can't imagine what a miserable scene the Huandao Road is like during the typhoon season. In May, the Huandao Road is full of lush coconut groves and flowers. At this moment, the Huandao Road belongs to love.
The best way is naturally to rent a bicycle, start from Zengcuo 'an, or further west, ride all the way east, and then north, and then throw the bicycle on the beach and walk barefoot on the yellow sand. Take a walk on it, or let the gentle sea water overflow your feet. Ride for a while and take a walk to the beach. On this section of the road facing the East China Sea, there are no noisy businesses, only dense shade of trees, wide flower beds, blue sea and endless sea breeze. Then, there are couples taking wedding photos, sweetly posing in countless shy, cold, or exaggerated postures. The love is so directly exposed to the early summer sun, and then amplified by each reflector and rippling in the wind, allowing tourists like us to be ruthlessly burned by their happiness.
When I was full, I turned back and dropped the car. I bought a fresh Hainan coconut from a local vendor in the square, plugged it in with a straw, and sat on a stone bench to enjoy the sweetness while enjoying the scenery. On a reef not far away, a young man holding a selfie stick, spread his arms, and shouted heartily,"Yes, no matter how narrow his heart is, what can it mean in front of such a sea?" Not far away, a mother was holding her child and slowly walking into the shallow sea. How joy and impact would such intimate contact give to a small heart? There were also people walking silently on the beach, with a slightly lonely expression that transformed into a blue background, blurred and clear.
huandao road
It's getting late, so just walk forward along the seemingly endless wooden plank road. Unlike the would-be newlyweds on the East Coast who are reaping love, the couples here are immersed in the season of love and are unable to extricate themselves, or hopeless. They took selfies over and over again, chasing after each other, with their hands glued to their hands and their bodies glued to their bodies... The sky was full of light, and they stood in living silhouettes in front of this extremely red world, like flowers., together with their fiercest love, blooms on the road around the island, so brilliant.
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Romance always comes at a price. For example, renting a bicycle is not too expensive or cheap, so forget it. The key is that the roads on the East China Sea coast are undulating, and it still takes some effort to get up and down for a seemingly glued two-person car. If you rent a "new car" that looks cool but is of poor quality like me, you will be even more desperate for the so-called romance (I lost the chain five times and my life as a car mechanic in the sun is a torture). For the sake of that beautiful mood, please be sure to check the car you rent. The appearance is not important, so that it can perfectly "walk you"...
In addition, don't rush. The flavor of the roundabout road is just leaked out little by little as you walk slowly and look slowly. Of course, the premise is that you have to encounter good weather like me. Therefore, it is very important to do your homework on the weather forecast before leaving...
Everyone who has ever dreamed of being rich should have dreamed of owning an island-lush coconut groves, delicate sandy beaches, blue sea water, winding mountain roads, overlooking the mountains of the island, hidden in the mountains and forests. Several pavilions, of course, it is best to have endless sunshine and sea breeze, as well as long skirts and silk scarves fluttering in the wind...
Gulangyu is the island of our dreams. If there is anything slightly different from my dream, it is that there is still endless music and endless people, and of course, there are also ridiculously expensive items.
No one can doubt that Gulangyu is Xiamen's most outstanding city business card.
From the first moment I got out of the cabin and landed on Shanghai Island, I was surrounded by sunshine and sea breeze-the kind of sunshine that could sing and sea breeze that could play.
Can I describe the sunshine here like this? It is transparent, warm and dazzling, and even a little vicious. It sprinkled among the dense leaves, leaving mottled figures on the ground. It penetrated into large tracts of flowers, showing their brightness and swagger. Or, it lay softly on the hillside to create a rich The changes in light and shadow make the mountain sun and mountain shade contrast sharply, and the trees and houses more three-dimensional. It sang calmly and calmly without any sound, but the vegetation, stones and sand of Gulangyu Island heard it, and the people of Gulangyu heard it. What a vital and infectious song it was. It gradually gave the entire Gulangyu Island warmth and emotion., pursuit, and as a result, the island was prosperous.
Would you like to listen to the accompaniment of sea breeze? Then go to Shuzhuang Garden. The exquisite pavilions and crowded beaches may be bustling with people. The ancient piano museum may be too closed and solemn. The most suitable place is on the white nine-curved bridge that stretches out to the sea. Move forward slowly, let the sea breeze gently blow through your hair, lingering and affectionate, as if it is whispering softly to your soul.
If you want to hear it more accurately, you will head east from Shuzhuang Garden to Haoyue Garden (a park with a statue of Zheng Chenggong). First, there is a narrow path, with walls on both sides covered with creeper or a large cluster of flowers. Then you will see the sea, the tree-lined streets by the sea and old villas with tight doors. There are almost no tourists in this section. You can stare at the rocks and waves in the distance and stare blankly at the sea breeze. Every gentle note.
If you find this accompaniment too boring, go to the top of Solar Rock-this is an excellent viewing platform overlooking the entire Xiamen. It doesn't take much physical strength. You just need to overcome some fear of heights when climbing steep slopes to stand on the commanding heights of Gulangyu Island. The performance of the sea breeze suddenly becomes majestic and exciting here. Coupled with the 360-degree sea and the 360-degree colorful sky, I am not in a good mood, which is unreasonable no matter what.
Thanks to the sunshine and sea breeze here, it is they who stir up the waves and jointly forge this small island southwest of Xiamen into a country of music, so that it will never be lonely here.
If beaches and flowers and plants shape Gulangyu's appearance, sunshine and sea breeze give Gulangyu a distinctive temperament, and buildings give Gulangyu thoughts.
There is a very classic saying,"In Gulangyu, time is wasted." Yes, in Gulangyu, it is a very pleasing thing to the eye to walk among the winding alleys with a hand-drawn map to find buildings that frame modern history in the contemporary world. In this dazzling "International Architecture Museum", passing by any villa is an encounter with Chinese and Western cultures and the vicissitudes of the past-close to the sea, close to the mountains, and deep in the alleys, in the downtown area, old villas, small courtyards, and old consulates, either complex, simple, elegant, or dignified, full of forbearance and humiliation, but also with prosperity and pride-do not necessarily need to trace the origin, nor do you need to distinguish the style. At this moment, It is already an extremely happy thing to shock and conquer our eyes with their incomparable exquisiteness and beauty.
Longtou Road is lively and playful, but the real style of Gulangyu lies in these buildings that may have closed doors to say goodbye to visitors. They silently watch the crisscrossing mountain roads until one day, they become shadows of the years.
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Except for chain stores, the things on Gulangyu are not generally expensive for use, food, and gifts. If you don't like them "very, very", you should control the urge to shop. The first time I followed a group and was massacred in a seafood restaurant. I vaguely remember that a certain ordinary fish was sold at 180+/catty, and a plate of sea snails was 260. The second time I traveled freely, I saw a couple's set meal at a restaurant at a price of 600 yuan. Starting from the beginning, when choosing Gulangyu B & B, you must consider the cost of eating.
The seafood stall night market near Zhongshan Road is also a "killer level". 14 people seem to have eaten nothing and the check out is 3500+. In the impression, there is a large restaurant in a European-style building on Linhuandao South Road. The restaurant is located on the X Building (X4). The price is relatively close to the people. The best thing is that the restaurant actually has an open-air balcony, where you can eat while watching the sunset on Gulangyu Island. 32 likes...
In fact, brand souvenirs on Zhongshan Road are not cheap either, and miscellaneous items at a lower price do not look "beautiful". Fortunately, there are all things here, so it can be a "one-stop". If you buy, you should take what you need.
Although roaming is the best way to visit Gulangyu, it is for people who have no place to spend time. If you choose a one-day trip, it will only take five or six hours at best. You still need to plan the tour route in advance to avoid walking like me. Wrong road. The consulate area is the essence and must go. Riguang Rock has the most beautiful scenery in Xiamen. Don't save this money. The Haoyue Garden is not stopped by. There are only flowers and plants inside. More importantly, the bees that lack exercise on weekdays may not be able to endure their legs and feet. It is recommended to make arrangements as appropriate...
China's fishing villages can always produce many miracles, like Macau, Shanghai, and Shenzhen.
Unlike their myth of sparrows turning into phoenixes, Zengcuo 'an in Xiamen is more like a fairy tale about an ugly duckling turning into a swan. Due to its natural geographical advantages and the curiosity of more and more tourists, this seaside fishing village that was once rarely visited has suddenly transformed into a stock that has been hyped up by hot money, and has soared into a star attraction on Huandao Road.
Zeng Cuo 'an is not big. If he just walked along a few winding alleys, twenty minutes might be enough. There is plenty of time. In order not to be disappointed, I actually walked here twice "strangely"-the first time was sightseeing, taking photos, and the second time was shopping and tasting. Because the focus is different, there is no sense of overlap after walking through the two laps. It is really a very special travel experience.
The streets are slightly old and messy, with scattered wires and vehicles, and crowded people and traffic. Zengcuo 'an does not have the exquisiteness of wide and narrow alleys deliberately deep into the bones, nor does it have the far-fetched attachment to history of Nanluogu Lane. It is completely like a lively market, showing off without reservation, and then selling southern Fujian customs as a matter of course. Disorder is its most distinctive label. Local buildings and modern buildings are strangely separated by walls. Some inns, large and small, are decorated in a literary and artistic manner or warm manner, but there are also gaudy and vulgar. There are all kinds of shops for food, use, and play. The exterior walls are painted in different colors and are interspersed on both sides of the alley without regularity, giving people an inexplicable sense of contradiction without finding anything wrong.
However, even if it is messy, Zeng Cuo 'an is not as crude and casual as we think. Every facade is appropriately decorated and full of fun by the thoughtful store. For example, the bohemian graffiti on the white wall of the Deep Lane Inn, the green plants on the steps of the food store, a nostalgic bicycle parked in front of the closing station, neatly aligned nutcracker soldier puppets, several easels on the side of the long corridor, or several hand-painted decorative mailboxes, all-white wooden doors in Mediterranean style, coupled with the bright sunshine and brilliant flowers that can be seen all over Xiamen, are bright and cute. It makes people feel that every small store seems to have a fresh story, or a clever and romantic owner.
On the way back, I happened to catch the local Xiang opera being performed at the street entrance of Zengcuo 'an. The after-entertainment program arranged by the scenic area for tourists accidentally became the best pastime for the villagers after dinner. They sat cross-legged on the steps in front of the stage, drinking from time to time with the babbling humming. There are several tables in the open space at the top of the steps, offering some fruits and refreshments. The authentic performance and sincere belief are combined together, real and natural, and are particularly eye-catching in the night on the roadside around the island.
If you want to make an analogy, Zeng Cuo 'an is like a lame young man in literature and art, a little pretentious and vain, but not hypocritical. It tried everything possible to imitate its predecessor Gulangyu, and more or less reproduced the artificial petty bourgeoisie sentiment of Lijiang or Phoenix, but failed to completely conceal its market-like flavor.
Strangely enough, it is this kind of moderate market flavor that I like. It does not manage the historical sense of drying out or the national style of changing flavor. It only manages itself, a lively, messy and interesting seaside market. For tourists like me, who are born in the market and have a little pretentious and vain, what kind of friendliness and familiarity it is.
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Shopping for souvenirs in Xiamen (The local tourism brochure calls it hand-in-hand gifts.) No matter what food is used, Gulangyu is naturally the most expensive, and Zhongshan Road is the most complete. I personally think that the first choice for small objects is Zengcuoan. There are many messy things that children like, and there are also cute ones that make girls unable to move their feet. The price is of course not too cheap, but the key is that these things with more or less local style are rare on a certain treasure, no matter how practical they are, Buying it will more or less allow family and friends to "taste" something new.
For a non-foodie like me, it is difficult for Xiamen's diverse snacks to capture my "heart"-the more direct reason is that in a temperature of 28 degrees +, it is difficult for those seafood snacks that use freshness as a selling point to eliminate my concerns about food safety-I don't want my travel to turn into a nightmare due to gluttony. Along the way, I only consumed the two things that I thought were the most assured-a ten-yuan Da Qingmao and a fifteen-yuan Taiwanese cheese. It tastes good, at least it suits me.
After hesitation for a long time, I decided to go to Jimei Village.
Sure enough, it was a bit far. I took a bus stop, got off the long Xiamen Bridge, and then turned around. It took me almost an hour to get to the nearby platform, and then it took me another 15 minutes to get there.
There is nothing special about the scenery, but I will not be disappointed.
Jimei is not a tourist attraction at all, but schools after schools, combined into an irregular satellite town, guarding the Jimei Peninsula and facing Xiamen Island not far away.
It was still afternoon, under the lazy sunshine, except for the roar of the bus when it started, the entire school village was silent.
The quiet teaching building, the quiet playground, the quiet water surface, and the quiet tree-lined avenue. Even the leaves fall from the tops of the trees are so silent.
The cement railing by the lake, trailing slanting shadows, was silent.
Connected red pavilions lie on the water in silence.
An old banyan tree, full of prosperous branches, seems to turn itself into a forest. Even if it is so proud, it is still silent.
Suddenly, the silence was broken.
A group of tall men lined up in two columns, holding paddles, trotted past me vigorously.
Looking forward, there are already various dragon boats parked outside the pavilion of the dragon boat pond. It turns out that the team members are preparing for the annual Dragon Boat Festival event-the Dragon Boat Race.
The whistle sounded, and under the guidance of rhythmic drums, each one was carefully selected. The dark and muscular team members swung their oars, and all their passion was transformed into powerful low roars and splashing water.
In 1950, Mr. Tan Jiageng built an embankment on the beach to cultivate the outer, middle and inner ponds. In 1953, he personally supervised the construction of 10 dragon boats and organized village people, teachers and students to carry out formal training and rowing skills. Two years later, Mr. Li personally chose the site and opened a standardized large dragon boat pond in a beautiful scenic spot along the sea. The outer pond was the "dragon boat pond" in front of him. The Jimei Xuecun Dragon Boat Race is grandly held here almost every year on the Dragon Boat Festival, and its reputation has become widespread.
After asking Du Niang, in addition to remembering and commemorating Qu Yuan, the dragon boat race here also has another purpose, which is to promote the spirit of "sincerity and perseverance"-team members must treat each other with "sincerity" and work hard sincerely, and at the same time, they must be uniform and consistent. Adhere to the end.
What an incisive two words, all of a sudden, Xuecun had a little more spiritual beauty in his eyes.
Moving forward, the passion gradually fades, and tranquility once again surrounds the entire school village.
Finally, I clearly witnessed the true appearance of Nanxun Building. It is a typical "Jiageng style building" with glazed roofs, dragon ridges and phoenix eaves, and carved beams and painted buildings. It is complex, but it is just right. It is a kind of quite "foreign" Chinese style, which is in line with the Jiageng architecture of Xiamen University and has its own style. The building is surrounded by green subtropical plants, which further reflects the beauty and refinement of southern Fujian's architecture, but without losing its legitimacy and solemnity.
When the sunset was approaching, we walked aimlessly along the steps on one side of Aoyuan Road to the beach of Jimei. This place was far from the delicacy and romance of the beach of Huandao Road, but several children still enjoyed it here. Enjoy it. A rusty ship docked on the beach adds some old-era flavor to this slightly empty beach. Farther away is the Jimei Liberation Monument, which stretches out to the sea, like a lighthouse, witnessing the sparks, tearing scars and final integration of the city by the collision of Eastern culture and Western culture, the revolutionary wave and the literary and artistic wave.
The oleander was in full bloom, so silently that I didn't dare to make a sound easily on the way back. Until I walked to the door of the Chinese Academy, a group of girls came out and happily communicated with each other in a certain Latin language. The crisp and pleasant voices immediately drove away the original tranquility without a trace...
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It's not convenient to get to Jimei from Huandao East Road. I took a bus back home and encountered traffic jams. If you don't want to suffer from changing buses, I'd better choose to take a taxi like I did later (Gaode map shows that the whole journey is more than 60 yuan, and the bus saved me 30 yuan). If you are near the first terminal, it is recommended to take Xiamen's BRT, which is fast and convenient.
It took a lot of time to watch the dragon boat training, so I didn't go to the planned Aoyuan and only left a photo at the door. In fact, I personally don't think there is much need to spend money to enter. It seems that you can basically see the essence of it at the door. It is purely personal opinion...
It was the first time I went to Tulou with the group, and my impression was already a little blurred. I vaguely remember that most of the earth buildings in Fujian are distributed in Hakka settlements in southwestern Fujian. They are scattered everywhere, round or square, with different styles. Among them, the earth buildings in Yongding and Nanjing are more famous. We went to Yongding Hongkeng earth buildings. group.
Before waiting to enter the scenic spot, I saw several tourist planning maps of Fujian Tulou. Only then did I realize that there were more than 30,000 Hakka Tulou, and quite a few of them were well preserved. Today, when small houses are spread all over Han rural areas, this is really a miracle.
The planning is quite perfect, long-term and ambitious, but I vaguely feel that this may not be a blessing-rather than exposing these human cultural heritage to the public view, it seems better to let most of them be hidden in the mountains and keep them the way they should be.
The Hongkeng earth buildings are built along a clear stream. They are of varying sizes, scattered or gathered together, and are perfectly integrated between the surrounding green mountains and green trees, flower gardens and pastoral areas, small bridges and flowing water. The tour guide's introduction forgot about 7788. Let's use Baidu to retrieve past memories--
[Fujian Hakka Tulou originated in the Song and Yuan Dynasties. After development in the early and middle periods of the Ming Dynasty, it gradually matured during the late Ming Dynasty, Qing Dynasty, and Republic of China, and has continued to this day. It is a unique large-scale rammed earth residential building in mountainous areas in the world, a creative masterpiece of raw earth architecture. Tulou is located on the mountain and has a reasonable layout. It absorbs the "feng shui" concept of traditional Chinese architectural planning and adapts to the living and defense requirements of living together. It cleverly uses the narrow flat land in the mountains and local raw soil, wood, pebbles and other building materials. It is a self-contained type of raw soil high-rise building that is economical, strong, defensive, and extremely beautiful.
In the late Song and early Yuan Dynasties, Lin's foundation was established in Hongkeng. In 2000, 638 households with 2310 people lived in this earthen building complex. There are 13 large-scale earth buildings built in the Ming Dynasty, including Fengsheng Building and Yongyuan Building, and 33 large-scale earth buildings built in the Qing Dynasty, including Fuyuyu Building, Kuiju Building, Yanglin Building, and Zhongzhu Building. The shapes mainly include square, rectangle, circle, Wufeng Tower, half moon and their variant forms. In addition, there are Tianhou Palace, Rixin School, Lin's Ancestral Hall, Guandi Temple, etc. built from raw soil. Among them, Zhencheng Building, Fuyu Building and Kuiju Building were announced by the State Council as national key cultural relics protection units.]
Tulou is a typical collective building. It is large in size and has many houses, which greatly reflects the folk customs of Hakka people living together, and reminds people of bee hives and termite anthills. It is said that at that time, when there were Japanese pirates outside and war inside, the Hakka people who migrated traveled thousands of miles to other places. In the course of continuous development, they chose this kind of building method that was conducive to family reunion and defense against war. It was shockproof, fireproof, and enemy protection, with good ventilation and lighting, and warm in winter and cool in summer. Descendants of the same ancestor formed an independent society in an earthen building, coexisting and shared prosperity, shared death and humiliation. Although most of the earth buildings are left behind by women, old and young, when you enter them and step on the creaking corridor boards and look down on the entire earth building, you will still be impressed by the wisdom of the Hakka people.
Each earthen building is a work of art that embodies history and tradition. They are primitive but magnificent; closed but harmonious, without a trace of show off. Every tulou also contains the Hakka people's spirit of harmony and friendship, as well as the dream of stability and peace. Through their architectural forms, we can deeply feel that the Hakka people must be simple and honest in their bones, and aloof from the world. Perhaps it was this kind of lack of competition with the world that allowed them to live peacefully and leisurely in the poor land under their feet in the past poor years.
After watching Kuiju Tower, the group members were invited to sip tea at a shopping spot in the scenic area. I slipped out and wandered around, just in time to see a Hakka family marrying the bride. The festive music and festive colors suddenly made me feel impressed. The people here, as well as their faint happiness, are full of envy and longing.
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The most famous Zhencheng Building is built according to the eight diagrams. In the commercial trend, it still vaguely retains some flavor of life and the cultural atmosphere of the year. You need to pay to go upstairs, which was 5 yuan/time back then. I wonder if there is any price increase now. Standing on the third floor can really broaden the view a lot. Don't miss it if you like photography.
There are many earthen buildings in Hongkeng, large and small. Some have been in disrepair for a long time, and some are not well-known enough still live with ordinary people. They are more realistic than the ones in Zhencheng Building, and the owner is not disgusted by visiting them.
It is said that the Chengqi Tower in Yongding is known as the king of Tulou. It is larger in scale and has a longer history. Unfortunately, the one-day tour time is limited and it is difficult for tour groups to arrange two places. How envious of friends who drive themselves.
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