Zengcheng’s cultural stories or folk customs

Zengcheng City is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province. Zengcheng City was removed from the county and established as a city in December 1993, and the province entrusted Guangzhou City to manage it.

Zengcheng is located in the northeastern part of the Pearl River Delta and the eastern part of Guangzhou City. It is backed by Greater Guangzhou, faces Dongguan across the river to the south, Huizhou to the east, and Conghua and Longmen to the north.

The total area is 1,616 square kilometers.

The total population is 810,300 (2008).

Zengcheng has a long history and a long history.

Zengcheng County was established in the 6th year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 201) and is subordinate to Nanhai County. It has a history of more than 1,800 years.

The beautiful name Zengcheng is taken from the ancient Chinese Kunlun myth.

According to myths and legends, there is Zengcheng Jiuzhong on Kunlun Mountain, which means that Zengcheng is a fairy city with layers of layers on Kunlun Mountain, with a height of nine layers. The county name "Zengcheng" comes from this.

Zengcheng City has a long history of ancient culture.

Throughout history, the people’s literary and artistic creations have been rich and colorful, and many officials and scholars have left immortal chapters.

In the 14th year of Tang Yuanhe (819), the writer Han Yu was demoted as the governor of Chaozhou for admonishing to welcome the Buddha's bones. When passing through Zengcheng, he wrote two poems "Suzengjiangkou Shows His Nephew Sun Xiang" , spread to this day.

Among the people in the city, the ancient scholars of the Northern Song Dynasty wrote poetry collections handed down from generation to generation.

Cui Yu, a Jinshi, strategist, and statesman in the Southern Song Dynasty, is famous for his poetry and is known as the "ancestor of Cantonese poetry". He is the author of "The Complete Works of Jupo".

Chen Dazhen, a Jinshi in the Song Dynasty, wrote "Nanhai Chronicles" in the eighth year of Dade in the Yuan Dynasty (1304). Its fragmentary copy is the earliest existing chronicle book in Guangdong.

Li Xiaolong, a Jinshi scholar in the seventh year of Xianchun period of Du Zong (1271), wrote a poem on the stone wall of Baihua Forest. It is the only authentic Song Dynasty poem discovered so far.

Zhan Ruoshui, a Jinshi in the Ming Dynasty, was a well-known educator, Neo-Confucianist and poet at home and abroad. He wrote more than 30 volumes of "Zhan Ganquan Collection".

Hu Tinglan, a Jinshi in the Ming Dynasty, was also famous for his education and wrote "Xiangjiangzi Collection".

Zhan Zugui, a Jinshi during the Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty, wrote "Hongli Shanfang Poetry Draft".

Lai Jixi, a Jinshi, is the author of "Collected Works of Laituo".

Zengcheng has a mild climate, fertile land, and smooth weather, with an average annual temperature of 21.6°C and an average annual rainfall of 1869MM. It is suitable for the growth of tropical and subtropical crops. It is a famous hometown of lychees and a land of plenty.

The territory is surrounded by green mountains and green waters, and the scenery is beautiful.

The urban area is surrounded by mountains and has a river running through it.

The south is the beautiful Pearl River Delta plain.

The city's forest coverage rate reaches 48%, and it has 9 forest parks and natural ecological reserves, including Jiaoshi Ridge, Dafengmen, Nanxiangshan, and Jinkeng. It is the "green decoration" of the east wing of Guangzhou.

It is also an oasis in the Pearl River Delta economic circle.

Zengcheng is rich in tourism resources. The "Lixiang Wonderland" tourism image is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. It is rich in natural endowments and historical and cultural connotations. The unique Lixiang customs and water town scenery are beautiful.

He Xiangu’s Family Temple, Thousand-Year-Old Panlong Ancient Vine, Fengtai Range Rover, Wanshou Temple, Ancient Sea Relics, Zhengguo Buddha Temple, Wild Goose Pagoda, Fengta, Gualing Ancient Village and other scenic spots attract many domestic and foreign tourists. Attention: Zengcheng Hotel, Baihua Hotel, Suncity Hotel, New Haojing Hotel, Overseas Chinese Hotel, Phoenix Hotel, Arc de Triomphe Hotel, Gualv Garden Restaurant, Gualv Plaza Shopping City, Xintang (International) Denim Clothing City, Zengcheng Tourist service facilities such as squares make tourists linger; Nanhua, Xiancun, Lihu, Ziyun Villa and other golf courses allow tourists to swing freely and enjoy the sun, air and green space; Zengcheng Lychee Cultural Village, Baihua Villa Resort, Baishuizhai Scenic Area, Jinxiu Dafengmen, He Xiangu Tourist Scenic Area, Jinliyuan Agricultural Ecological Park, Gufeng Garden, Jiaoshiling Forest Park, Lanxi Lizhigou, Zhucun Silk Rice Production Demonstration Base, Yingyuan and other ecological leisure resorts The place allows tourists to return to their original simplicity and return to nature; folk customs such as the Lychee Festival, Xiangu Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Buddha Festival, Xiangu Dedao Festival, She ethnic customs, and the Lychee Cultural Tourism Festival, Cai Xin Food Festival, Mountaineering Festival, and Cowboy Clothing Festival allow visitors to enjoy It's very lively.

Zengcheng is the famous "Lychee Hometown", and the green lychees in its territory are world-famous.

Zengcheng has a long history of cultivating lychees, rich experience, various varieties and wide distribution. During the Yuan Dynasty, Zengcheng lychees were well-known in Lingnan.

In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, green lychee was listed as a tribute to the court.

Green lychees are as sweet as nectar, taste better than orchids, crystal clear like jade, and crisp like pears. The pulp is gone. Remove the shells and keep them for three days.

Li Fengxiu, a poet in the early Qing Dynasty, described it this way: "Lychees are everywhere in Nanzhou, green is as precious as pearls in Zengcheng, and gold is hard to come by, and it has not yet been put on the plate in May.

"Therefore, hanging green lychees has become a symbol of Zengcheng.

More than 600,000 acres of lychees are currently planted in Zengcheng. Four lychee corridors and two lychee worlds are planned to be built. There are 10 lychee gardens of more than 5,000 acres and 5 lychee gardens of over 10,000 acres.

There are as many as 52 varieties of lychees. In addition to premium varieties such as Zengcheng Gualv and Crystal Ball, there are more than 10 excellent varieties such as Guiwei, Nuomici, Feizixiao, Rhinoceros, and Xuehuaizi. indivual.

The maturity period of lychee varieties is 4 months apart, reaching more than 120 days.

The Lychee Festival (from mid-June to mid-July) was first introduced in the late Ming Dynasty and has been followed to this day. It is a traditional festival in Zengcheng.

In the 1990s, Zengcheng held the Lychee Festival every year, inviting guests at home and abroad to taste lychees, discuss business and culture, and exchange culture. The scenes were grand and unprecedented.

Zengcheng is home to outstanding people, with talents emerging in large numbers since ancient times.

Among them, the most talked about ones are one immortal, one dragon, one Buddha and one phoenix, one general and one prime minister, one witch and one magic. The immortal is He Xiangu, the dragon is Li Xiaolong, a Jinshi of the Song Dynasty, and the Buddha is Zhengguo Cowboy. Bin Gongfo, the phoenix is ??Liao Jinfeng, the Jinshi of the Song Dynasty, the general Shi Wenguang, the Zhenguo general of the Southern Song Dynasty, the prime minister Cui Yuyu of the Southern Song Dynasty, the witch is the Taoist Yang Liuqing of the Southern Song Dynasty, and the magic is Zhong Fajin, the warlock of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Among the eight celebrities, He Xiangu is the first celebrity.

The story of the Eight Immortals has a long history and is deeply loved by the people.

He Xiangu, a native of Xiangui Village, Xiaolou Town, Zengcheng.

Attractions such as He Xiangu’s family temple, Panlong Ancient Vine, the most ancient vine in Asia, Hanging Green in the West Garden, and Yingyuan, a lychee ecological theme park, all have traces of He Xiangu’s legacy.

Cowboy Bin Gong Buddha, a native of Zengcheng Zhengguo Fanfeng.

During the reign of Emperor Zhengguo Temple of the Song Dynasty, he attained Taoism and became a Buddha at Chengfo Rock in Ruishan Mountain, Zhengguo. Later generations moved his body to make a Buddha statue and built Zhengguo Temple to commemorate it, which made him famous far and wide.

Zengcheng is the hometown of lychees. Because there is an immortal and a Buddha, Zengcheng’s tourism image is positioned as a “lychee wonderland”.

In Zengcheng, tourists can taste the best lychees, silk rice and a variety of Lixiang specialties; breathe fresh air, appreciate the beautiful natural ecological scenery and the ever-changing urban and rural landscape; realize The hospitality of the people of Lixiang.

Whether it is leisure vacation or sightseeing, you can feel the harmony, coordination and elegance of modern civilization, natural ecology, and historical culture.