Essays by the wooden bridge

When I came to the wooden bridge in the northern mountainous area of Huangmei County again, it was seven years since I first came here.

Wooden bridge, not a bridge, is the name of an administrative village in Wuzu Town, Huangmei County. The village is surrounded by mountains and waters, starting from Huangmei County, passing through Wuzu Town, Zhama Village, Honglou Village and Lufu Village, and walking slowly around Longping Reservoir. It takes about 40 minutes to reach Muqiao Village, 25 kilometers away.

Huangmei people like to visit the wooden bridge because it is the "back garden" of Wuzu Temple in the world Zen forest. Being by the beautiful wooden bridge is like being in a "paradise", smelling the flowers, listening to the sound of springs, taking photos, writing poems and doing farm work, which makes people feel back to nature.

Muqiao village is a mountainous area and a reservoir area. Most of the villagers here moved to Wuzu town or county seat, so old houses can be seen everywhere. Young people work outside the home, but those who stay in the village are old people. Besides all kinds of crops, they also go to the mountains to collect bamboo shoots and herbs, and occasionally play dominoes. Although they are poor, they are also very comfortable.

Standing at the top of the village, Longping Reservoir is like a mirror. Muqiao village is in the upper reaches of the reservoir, and there are famous Mozhuang Academy and Meiyuan Temple sites nearby. The unfathomable Longtan is said to lead to the East China Sea, otherwise it will not become one of the important drinking water sources for more than 400,000 people in Shangxiang, Huangmei.

Walking in villages and towns with wooden bridges, you can see clear mountain springs flowing freely, and you can hear the gurgling sound of spring water everywhere. Many children from other places, seeing such clear water, could not help being repeatedly persuaded and pulled by adults, so they plopped into knee-deep water and stepped on smooth pebbles of different sizes to feel the rare coolness.

There is no wooden bridge in Muqiao Village now, only five stone arch bridges with different shapes connect the village group. There is water in front of the village, and there are mountains behind the village. As the saying goes, "There is a photo before, and there is a leaning behind." Mountains have water, and water has mountains. Mountains and rivers are connected to draw a natural landscape painting without pen and ink.

There are many old houses with blue bricks and green tiles in the village, which are closely connected in rows. The mottled blue brick wall seems to record the rise and fall of the village. Pushing open the unlocked wooden door, the light transmitted by the exposed tiles of the house hits the ground, and the light beam transpiration like water vapor, mixed with many inexplicable flying dust. ...

This trip is at the invitation of Li Ming, the founder of Qian Yi agriculture, to feel whether the wooden bridge has the quietness and beauty of Tao Yuanming's "picking chrysanthemums under the hedge and seeing Nanshan leisurely".

I have interviewed Li many times. He is a "freak" who insists on "three noes" in farming and does not apply chemical fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides. Adhering to the concept of "people destined to eat safe food", he has changed from an it elite to a green and ecological farmer. The wooden bridge is far away from the noisy city, surrounded by mountains and springs, which is pollution-free, just in line with his concept of green ecological planting. This year, he has transferred more than 200 mu of land here, and will plant all the original ecological and pure natural safe food.

The mountains and the waterside are all tourists from Wuhan. This weekend, more than 200 Wuhan citizens came to experience the ecological tour of Dumuqiao. Some people in this group came by bus, and some people came from go on road trip. They eat local vegetables, set up tents, hold bonfire parties here, and plan to go to nearby Buddhist shrines such as Sizu Temple, Wuzu Temple and Laozu Temple. There are also a few photographers who came here with camera planes to photograph the natural scenery of the wooden bridge.

Take pictures of the wooden bridge, one scene at a time. When you play here, you can not only enjoy the beautiful natural scenery and feel the selfless gift of nature, but also eat local pork, bamboo shoots, potato cakes and rain flower vegetables. Take a walk and have a look, and you will feel the simple beauty of the mountains.