Xushan, Zhejiang: Heritage of beautiful rural context
2022-05-31
Another year, the Dragon Boat Festival is approaching, and wuzitang in Xushan village is getting hotter and hotter. In order to prepare for the dragon boat race performance of Jiaxing Dragon Boat Festival Folk Culture Festival, dragon boat teams come here every day for training. The cries, drums and paddles of the water became more and more intense, which made the onlookers' blood boil. Xushan village is located in Daqiao Town, Nanhu District, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province. Xu mountain in the village used to be the only hill on the Jiahe plain. It is said that Wu Zixu, a senior official of the state of Wu, once practiced in this mountain to sharpen his sword. Wuzitang in Xushan village is said to be the river channel dug by Wuzixu more than 2500 years ago. The legend about Wuzixu has long been integrated into this land, and the custom of offering sacrifices to Wu Xiang on the Dragon Boat Festival has been formed in Jiaxing. Through the wind and smoke of history, this village with moving legends is now striving to compose a movement of Rural Revitalization in the new era, and a beautiful rural picture of beautiful scenery and rich people is slowly unfolding. The beautiful Gesang flower sea, the towering stone archway, and the beautiful scenery of Xushan ruins park are fascinating. In April, 2020, the Xushan Ruins Park, with the idea of continuing the historical context and reproducing the customs of Xushan, was opened. After more than two years of careful operation, it has become a well-known nostalgic Range Rover. The village is surrounded by clear water and verdant ancient trees. The winding bluestone road brings the author to the depths of the village. The houses with white walls and black tiles show the gentleness of traditional folk houses in the south of the Yangtze River. Ancient scenic spots such as sword sharpening stone, Wuyue clear spring, quqiao flowing water and Yongtao pavilion are lined with beads, telling the long history of Xushan culture. Xushan thatched cottage used to be the reading place for the sages in the village. Now it displays the paintings of Puhua, a painter in the late Qing Dynasty. Songtao Pavilion is named after Xushan Songtao in the eight scenes of Jiahe painted by Wuzhen, a painter of the Yuan Dynasty. The paintings of Wuzhen are displayed in the pavilion, allowing visitors to appreciate the beauty of the mountains and forests of Xushan in ancient times. In the exhibition hall of intangible cultural heritage, you can not only learn about the legend of Wuzixu and the battle between Wu and Yue and Li, but also read poems and historical materials such as Youxu mountain Fu and Xushan inscription on the wall. Wangyumei, the former cadre of Xushan village, has lived here for 60 years. "After the Xushan ruins park was built, it seems to reproduce the scene of my childhood life." Wangyumei said that in her memory, the Xushan Dragon Boat Festival was especially grand and lively. In wuzitang, there were dragon boat races and dragon heads. Every household made zongzi, ate "five yellows" and hung wormwood. A highlight of Xushan ruins park is the live presentation of the Dragon Boat Festival folk custom. Here, you can experience the full-bodied atmosphere of Jiaxing Dragon Boat Festival in a panoramic way: the Dragon Boat Festival in shanbang, the Dragon Boat Festival featuring whipped cattle, the colorful sachets playing the Dragon Boat Festival, and the continuous memory of the Dragon Boat Festival with zongzi Miss Wang likes the Dragon Boat Festival very much because she has been an expert in making sachets since childhood. The Dragon Boat Festival is a good opportunity for her to show her talents. This year's Dragon Boat Festival, as in previous years, Wang Yumei will show tourists the sachet making skills in the intangible cultural heritage exhibition hall of the village together with other intangible cultural heritage inheritors. Dragon and lion dance is an important ceremony to welcome the Dragon Boat Festival in Xushan village. Chenlanzhen, a 52 year old villager, performed "dragon balls" in the dragon dance team. During this time, she and her team members hurried to rehearse the new program for this year's Dragon Boat Festival. Everyone worked hard to impress the public at the official performance. The integration of culture and tourism has brought new development opportunities to Xushan village. "There are more tourists in the village, and my business is better!" Panjinliang opened a family farm on the west side of Xushan Ruins Park, planting 60 mu of economic crops such as blueberries and kiwi fruit. Because the scenic spot is popular, the farm brings him more than 1million yuan of income every year. In recent years, under the guidance of the Rural Revitalization Strategy of the new era, Xushan village has vigorously practiced the rural governance mode of "co construction, CO governance and sharing". Party members have led the villagers to actively participate in the construction of beautiful villages, and accelerated the building of Xushan into a cultural village of the new era that is "livable, cultural, tourist and industrial". Today, Xushan village has become a model of common prosperity in Zhejiang villages. "Every family lives in Western-style houses and has cars. 70% of the villagers even own more than two cars." Xushan village Party Secretary wuaimin said. Villager wuweibin told the author that during holidays, the village will welcome many tourists, and the supply of domestic chicken can not meet the demand. "I'm going to open a farmhouse, and the business is sure to be good!" (outlook new era)
Edit：Yuanqi Tang Responsible editor：Xiao Yu
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