Shaoguan's "Intangible Journey": An Extraordinary Journey of Culture and Food

Shaoguan is surrounded by mountains, with three parallel rivers and famous ancient roads. According to records, the exchange and migration between Lingnan and the mainland is one of the shortcuts for Lingnan to connect the north and the south. The unique geographical location and thousands of years of cultural accumulation have enabled the city and its surrounding areas to inherit many folk crafts and artistic essences.

Time flies, and the century-old skills that have been precipitated shine brilliantly, condensing into national, provincial and municipal "non-legacy" projects. In the location of these cultural treasures, nature's ingenuity has created countless shocking beauty. Text: Bu Yu, Liang, Shen

Seek treasure and benevolence without leaving.

Song yuejie

"Moon shadows cover the western salt, flowers cover the western salt, and firecrackers die in the moon ..." In Shitang Ancient Village, Sister Yue's song, which has a unique court charm in the Tang Dynasty, was sung among peasant women. According to legend, there was a maid-in-waiting named Lian Yue in the Tang Dynasty who taught women to sing some songs in the palace. Women automatically get together to enjoy the moon, while singing the songs taught by ladies-in-waiting, and dance and play games freely. Since then, it has become a habit and passed down from generation to generation.

A pile of flowers and wine

"Shitang Duihua Rice Wine" is inherited in Shitang Town, Renhua County. Because the rice wine brewed in Shitang will appear hops when poured into a cup, like a string of pearls strung together, and some can be piled up, hence the name. "Shaoguan Fuzhi" records: "Sake is everywhere. Made of glutinous rice, it tastes fragrant. Steamed glutinous rice with winter wine. The kitchen is ten years old, very sweet and can replenish blood. "

Peripheral exploration

Danxia mountain: the peaks are like forests, dense and dense; Ya Dan's clear water, mountains and valleys; Clouds, morning bells and drums; Bamboo shadows and pines burst into bursts.

Shitang Ancient Village: The roof of the ancient village is like a cloud, and the village lanes are winding. It is an ancient village in Shaoguan City, which integrates ancient houses, Gu Xiang, ancient villages, ancient styles and ancient rhymes. It has a profound historical and cultural heritage, and the ancient buildings are large in scale and well preserved.

Gourmet foraging

Renhua's local dishes and snacks are rich and varied, with unique flavor, such as braised pork in Shitang, fragrant and fragrant, fried fish in Shitang, crispy outside and tender inside, fried oyster sauce, various local sugar rings, and deep-fried snacks with hundreds of years of history: fried rice cakes, fried taro, fried potato chips, fried pumpkin slices and fried meatball slices. ...

Non-legacy treasure hunt

Turtles dance with clams.

In the middle of Ming Dynasty, Dungang Town, Shixing County suffered from drought for years. The villagers used soft-shelled turtles, mussels, fish and shrimp as props, sincerely worshipped the river god and prayed for his blessing, hoping that the weather would be good in the coming year. In the long life, sacrifice has evolved into a beautiful folk custom that people celebrate.

Prime minister powder

According to legend, Zhang Jiuling, a famous Tang Dynasty star, loved reading since childhood and often stayed up late to study. Mother Yang soaked rice in mountain spring water, ground it into fine and tender pulp with a stone mill, and finally made the famous prime minister powder.

Peripheral exploration

Mantang Hakka Wai: During the 28 years from 1833 to 1860, a huge castle with 777 rooms and an area of nearly 20,000 square meters was magically erected in Shixing, an ancient county in northern Guangdong, and became a key cultural relic protection unit.

Donghu Ping Folk Culture Village: It is the first large-scale cultural tourist area in northern Guangdong that integrates Ming and Qing architecture and folk customs. There is no lake in Donghu Ping, but there are many ancient and strange buildings and endless magical stories. According to legend, the Zeng residents of Donghu Ping are descendants of Zeng Shen, a student of Confucius.

Gourmet foraging

Shixing cuisine belongs to Hakka cuisine, which pays attention to the quality of ingredients, tastes fresh and crisp, and pays attention to the original flavor. Many dishes have been handed down from ancient times to the present, which can be said to be history.

Nanxiong, a treasure hunter

Legend of Zhuji villagers moving south

Zhuji Lane, located in Zhuji Town, Meiguan Ancient Road, northeast of Nanxiong City, is known as "pillow Chu across Guangdong, north and south throat". During the more than 200 years from the Song Dynasty to the early Yuan Dynasty, the Central Plains people with the surname 153 moved to the south one after another, and the descendants of Zhuji Lane have now spread all over the Pearl River Delta, Hong Kong, Macao and overseas regions, with tens of millions of people.

Xianghuolong

Xianglong has been spread in Baizhupian Village, Baishun Town, Nanxiong City for more than 300 years. Since then, Xianglong has danced every year and passed down from generation to generation.

Peripheral exploration

The ancient Meiguan Road is one of the "four places to enjoy plum blossoms in China".

Vanilla World Forest Park: escape from the hustle and bustle of the city, join Nanxiong Vanilla World Forest Park, set up a tent, or stay in a wooden house villa, watch the stars, watch the sunrise, sing old songs, tell stories ... and feel the long-lost return and comfort.

Gourmet foraging

Nanxiong people like spicy food, but they are not afraid of spicy food. Meiling Goose King is a typical representative of Nanxiong cuisine. When a large plate of delicious goose king was served, the unique fragrance of farm geese was wantonly "presumptuous" in the air, which made people drool. Sour bamboo shoots and ducks are spicy and delicious, fresh and fragrant, fragrant and sour. Every chewing is full of the whole mouth and nasal cavity, which is very overbearing.