Longtan, an ancient village in Fujian that is worth a special trip, became famous for its teachers who taught people to paint for free

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There are more job opportunities in your hometown. Who would want to leave their hometown to earn the same amount of money? Many old villagers choose to return to their hometowns to start a business together. Now the number of original villagers in the village has risen to more than 400, and there are more than 600 new and old villagers in Kongxin Village. The number of tourists in 2019 and 2020 has reached 200,000. Seeing that the old house with only broken walls is reborn again, the charm is still there, the beautiful temperament, and the right commercial proportion, walking in the village, seeing the future it hopes, I am really relieved a lot. However, the surrounding villagers also practiced the old saying that it is clear and clear but not demon. No matter how beautiful the store is, it can’t make them clean, neat, and more beautiful. It is still the kind of small workshop. My aesthetics for these people is really desperate. These stores are mainly distributed on the periphery, and some modern buildings have been built, such as square buildings and houses with not tile roofs, which greatly damage the overall landscape. These are the shortcomings and pains I have seen. If the village committee can manage it, such as restricting the style and material of the new building, restricting the height and decoration, and checking the sanitation… it will be better than it is now. I walked every small road in the village and entered every small shop that I could enter. From the noon sun to the starry sky, because of the epidemic, the number of tourists this year was sparse, but the annoying Fujian Xiaoer bite. I had 14 mouths, so I made a voluntary donation of blood. It is not a mosquito, but it is better than the most powerful flower mosquito. One-tenth of a second of contact will leave a mark that can not be eliminated for a few months, and it will be extremely itchy. Autumn is the season when persimmons ripen. I still remember living in a bungalow when I was a child. There was a magical tree planted in the neighbor’s yard in the west yard of my house, half of which was persimmon and half of black dates. In autumn, the orange-yellow big persimmons hang heavily on the branches. Every fall, I start to eat squeaky persimmon tongues. Since I was a child, I have a bad mouth, which is especially suitable for “old ladies slumping”. Sometimes it is astringent, sometimes it is particularly enjoyable, and the persimmons are put in the freezer to freeze them, or even put them in cold water in the next summer. This verb is called “pull”. The shell of the pulled out persimmon is covered with ice. For many years, I thought it was a persimmon peeled off the shell, like the sweat from a cold bottle at room temperature. I didn’t know it was until many years later… There are many persimmon trees in Longtan. There are whole branches of persimmons hanging obliquely by the small river. With the rammed earth wall as the background and the green leaves as the foil, the dark blue tiles look particularly dazzling in the evening. Across the bank, an older painter is painting this scene. There is no sunset on a cloudy day, so the blue light lasts longer. In the past, in autumn, the villagers would make persimmons that they couldn’t eat. One thousand catties was enough. Later, as the number of tourists increased, dried persimmons became a popular commodity. The villagers were overjoyed, but they did not expect that their agricultural products could be sold in this way. Nowadays, persimmons in the whole village can weigh more than 30,000 catties in one season. The same agricultural and sideline products include Pingnan’s famous red and yellow wine, which is brewed by almost every household in Longtan Village. Before the revival of the village, due to traffic congestion, even the best wine could only be sold for five or six yuan per catty, which is an average of only one jar per household per year. By 2017, with the arrival of the cultural and creative industry, tourists and new villagers, popularity and sales have become available, and wine is selling better and better. The price can triple or quadruple, and the average household production is 50 times. Large families can even reach hundreds of altars. The most popular agricultural and sideline products are dried bamboo shoots. I wandered around the village, and I was also looking for a place for dinner. I found a western restaurant called Pusu, which eats pizza. I ate ice cream in the stream next to the small stone bridge. I was interested in the environment and cost-effectiveness. It was much higher than the Tanshe opposite the hotel Jingxuan where we lived. Set the dinner location there. There are a circle of stalls in the main square of the village. They are left over from the hand-made market that ended a while ago. Unfortunately, I didn’t catch up. Some houses were still being renovated. In the evening, a couple took their children and caught them by the river. Fish; there is a girl playing guitar by the river… Is this what Lijiang looked like 20 years ago? I walked into this cafe called Suixi, which can also be called a bookstore or a tea room. The style, layout, architectural style, landscape…It is outstanding in Longtanli Village. I leaned my head and looked at it embarrassingly. I wanted to go in and take a photo. A man who was good at Mandarin told me that I could come in and watch it casually. It looks like the boss, I am also very touched by the open arms. The two-story building is located by the small river. The exquisite small tables and chairs are also covered with dining flags. It is simple and elegant. The windows are quiet and tranquil. The open space downstairs is a small open-air garden with Suixi’s own, with a pastoral scenery. A 28-year-old car that was common in childhood has become a rarity now. It was painted white just as I was circling around. I became the last visitor to see its past life. Half a year later, I started to work on this travel blog, and I started to inquire about the information in Longtan, learned about Suixi’s story, and also respected the man who generously invited strange tourists to browse freely that day-Zeng Wei, a “new villager” from Jiangxi , Opened the first cultural and creative shop in the village. In 2017, he came to Longtan for the first time and fell in love with it at first sight. In December of the same year, he rented this old house of 260 square meters with a history of more than 100 years and spent 20 Ten thousand yuan was transformed into a “Suixi Bookstore”, which provided free space and books to let the culture flow in a long time and moisten things silently. “Suixi Bookstore” then became the public library in the village, and the villagers would come to read books when they were free. Since I also like painting, ancient utensils and tea, tea ceremony, calligraphy and painting, living area and back garden appeared in the bookstore. This cultural exchange complex has received more than 50,000 people since its opening. On the opposite side of Suixi, there is a large courtyard house. It is an exhibition of Shen Minghui’s paintings. The author is a dwarf patient who is only 1.16 meters high. It is said that he used to play a clown in a shopping mall and set up a street stall to make a living. He followed teacher Lin Zhenglu for less than two. In 1999, he had his own studio in Shuangxi. Now, not only can he make a living selling paintings, professional art institutions have organized solo exhibitions for him, and his works have also been selected for the 2017 Lyon Biennale in France. When I went, he was live broadcasting on his mobile phone, explaining his work attentively. At the end of the Longtan Village, there is the Huicun Bridge reconstructed during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty. It is the latest stone-arched wooden house covered bridge in Pingnan County when it was completed. It is called the “last-generation covered bridge”; Longtan Village is currently the only place where Siping opera remains. Every year on the first day of the sixth day of the lunar calendar, in order to commemorate the ascension of the dragon to the sky, the Siping opera will be performed for three days and three nights… My friend and I enjoyed the night in Longtan and had a satisfying meal in Xijian. After reminiscing about this short trip, there were disappointments and hopes. What we saw was more gratification and moving. Touched by the charity organization and rescue effect of Teachers Cheng Meixin and Lin Zhenglu, I am pleased with the virtuous cycle of rescue mode. Hadi, Qianfenxi Village, and Longtanli Village are just a microcosm of the ancient villages of Pingnan, and they are also the future of more than 150 old villages in Pingnan that tend to be hollow. Longtanli Village Address: Longtanli Village, Xiling Township, Pingnan County, Ningde City, Fujian Province Author: Then dare to love it Independent photographer of literary and artistic style, writer of travel, food and lifestyle Multi-platform certification, signed traveler, gourmet expert Shuangwei: Then dare to love it Without permission, the reproduction or commercial use of any subject is prohibited