Every year when the rape blossoms in Wuyuan are in full bloom, a self-driving trip is arranged. This habit has been maintained for six or seven years. In March of this year, I was enjoying flowers in Wuyuan, and I chose to stop and go along the highway on the northern line of Wuyuan. I came across an unknown ancient village just beside the Tsinghua Highway in Wuyuan. Because I saw this golden village on the road, there was a river beside the village, so I stopped and prepared to walk down to the village. On the roadside of the village, I saw a sign that was not clearly written, and I realized that the village was called “Longtan Village.”
Wuyuan’s travel route is based on the county seat, divided into east, north and west. The more famous scenic spots on the east line are Moon Bay, Likeng, Jiangwan, and Jiangling, and the scenic spots on the west line are relatively deserted. Fuchun Yuanyang Lake and Yaowan Scenic Area, while the northern line has Sixiyan Village, Tsinghua Rainbow Bridge, Shicheng, etc. However, most of these scenic spots are based on the same business model, that is, they are based on an ancient village, and then they are surrounded and charged. There are many scenic spots in Wuyuan, but they do not charge, that is, Moon Bay and Mengli Hometown. This is the reason why I rarely visit these scenic spots even though I go to Wuyuan every year. It’s not that I can’t afford the entrance fees, but that the ancient villages that are enclosed have lost the meaning of a natural village. But the Long Beach Village in front of us is an exception. It has not been fenced off, and it has not been developed into a scenic spot, and of course there is no charge. Changtan Village, belonging to Sikou Town in Wuyuan County, is located on the Tsinghua Highway from Qinghua Town to the county seat, which is the S302 line mentioned in the navigation, and is about five or six miles away from the seat of the town government of Sikou Town. Longtan Village is built on a half-hill slope. The terrain is not high. There is a field near the river below the village. Because it happened to be the rape blossom season when I went there, the whole village seemed to be wrapped in golden yellow. There is a crooked river on one side of the field. The river is called “Wushui”. The villages surrounded by mountains and rivers make people feel very beautiful. I found this ancient village because when I went from the county seat to Qinghua Town, I needed to climb a ramp just in front of the village. When the vehicle reached the highest point of the ramp, at the front left of the vehicle, I could see the Wushui River. There is a beautiful three-hole curved bridge, and the reflection of the curved bridge on the river is very clear. Then I saw not only rape flowers but also Hui-style buildings with white walls and black tiles on the side of the curved bridge, which looked old. So he parked the vehicle to the side of the road near the village, planning to walk into the village to see. There is a low wall near the road in the village, one person comes high, there are two unclear words “Long Beach” on it, and then there is a wooden sign on the side with the words “Recreation Resort Reception Center” vaguely. I asked the local people who accompanied me to find out that there was an unfinished building on the opposite bank of the Three-Kong Bridge in Long Beach Village. I originally wanted to turn it into a “resort”, but now it is completely rotten. This is also the other side of the river where I saw the village on the high slope. There is an unfinished building complex that looks very dilapidated. Although it is separated by a river from Longtan Village, it is still a bit horrible. My first impression of Long Beach Village was that it was very quiet, as if there were no people in the village, but those old-fashioned houses with ages extending from the side of the road to the slope. From the road down to the village, walking along the narrow alleys in the village, I suddenly felt that this should be the ancient Huizhou dwellings in my mind, with stone roads, white walls, and winding alleys. People walking inside can hear it. The sound of my own footsteps. Occasionally passing by an open door, a plume of cooking smoke will waft out and then spread along the bottomless alley. The outer walls of the houses here are mostly dry walls, but they are not lime-laid, and are only made of blue and red bricks. Even if the outer walls are painted with lime, the bricks inside will be very old because of the time. Revealed clearly. If there is a flue on the wall, that wall must also leave a black mark of smoke. You will feel that when you walk in such an alley, the age must be very far away. I don’t know how many turns in the alley, but I only saw an old man squatting in front of his house to eat. There was a big yellow dog in front of the old man, staring eagerly at the old man’s rice bowl. I wanted to go up and have a few words with the old man, but the old man had no choice but to speak Wuyuan dialect, so it was really difficult to communicate, so he just said hello to the old man and continued to wander around the alley. To be honest, if you shoot in such an alley, you will definitely be rewarded. Turning out from the alley is the rape field below the village. The rape blossoms are flourishing, but there are almost no tourists. There is also a creek beside the field, which is invisible when standing on a high slope. Two village women in red coats were washing things in the stream. The water in the stream was so clear that you could see the bottom of the stream at a glance. It is estimated that the stream flowed down from the high slope, because in the end it flowed into the Wushui River on the side of the village. I turned on my mobile phone and checked the information of Longtan Village, only to know that this village was built in the early Southern Song Dynasty and has a history of nearly 900 years. The villager’s surname is “Yu”, and the surname is Yu, a common surname in Wuyuan. The surname Yu of Longtan Village has been passed down from generation to generation and has been passed down for more than 30 generations. Historically, there have been many high officials in Longtan Village. During the Daoguang Period of the Qing Dynasty (1821), Long Beach had the Yu family as the magistrate of Changle, Hubei. Later, a member of the Yu family served as the chief secretary, as well as the official positions of Jinhua and Shaoxing. It is said that there were many “doctors” in Long Beach in ancient times, and there are still old houses of “Doctors” in the village nowadays. Because I am not familiar with it, I did not see which one was in this visit to Long Beach Village. Longtan Village was originally called “Dongshan Village”, but it is also divided into Upper Dongshan and Lower Dongshan. Because it is close to Wushui River, the river turns around the village. During dry seasons, the river will expose large beaches, so outsiders also call it “Longtan Village”. “. It has to be said that the ancestors who opened the village surnamed Yu had the foresight and chose a place near the hillside to build the village. The village was condescending. Even in the flood season, the Wushui River would not affect the village. The ancient Huizhou area has always admired Chengzhu Neo-Confucianism and advocated the culture of farming and reading. Even if you go out to do business, you will have to return to your hometown, repair your ancestral home, build a family ancestral hall, and give back to your hometown. You can understand the truth after seeing Long Beach Ancient Village. Some old-fashioned houses in the village have been built for years, and they should have been built by rich people in the past. To say that Long Beach Village is like a paradise is not to say how beautiful it is, but because of the tranquility here, the white walls and black tiles that are still preserved here, and the pure natural landscape that has not been fenced and developed into a scenic spot, it is worth visiting.
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