Chapter 9 of Defoe, Fu Tian, Fujian —— A Tour of Huotong Ancient Town in Ningde (Chapter 1 of Ningde)

Huotong Ancient Town under the jurisdiction of Ningde City, Fujian Province is an ancient town in dry years, located in the northwest of Jiaocheng District, Ningde City, 47 kilometers away from Ningde City. Huotongxi, one of the eight major water systems in the province, runs through the whole territory from northwest to southeast. Since ancient times, it has been the main transportation route of wood and bamboo in Pingnan and Zhouning counties.

? There is an ancient street in Huotong Ancient Town in Ming and Qing Dynasties, which was built around the 13th year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty (1534) and is 1700 meters long. There are 64 well-preserved ancient buildings. In the area of Huotong Old Street, there are many big blue brick houses, with four houses and six or eight houses built next to each other. In case of natural disasters, people will take care of each other. For example, when encountering bandits, once the gate of the gatehouse is closed, it becomes a castle. The local residents of Huotong will build a castle called "Atzori, in Huotong". The bigger ones are: Huang cuoli, Yan cuoli and Chen cuoli.

At noon, the town's snacks taro buns and pink buttons attracted many tourists. The vermicelli button is a vermicelli made of sweet potato powder, which is soaked in the large intestine, small intestine and arhat meat of pigs and has a light taste.

After lunch, I saw someone visiting Shili Gallery by boat in Huotongxi outside the town.

In 20 14, Huotong Ancient Town was selected as the most influential town in China and the most beautiful village in China. Huotongxia Street also preserves the Crane Palace, one of the four famous Taoist palaces in China.

Huotong has Zhiti Mountain National Forest Park, as well as Huayan Temple, a national key Buddhist temple, and a national 3A-level tourist attraction. According to legend, Huo Tong Zhen lived in Huolin Cave in the Zhou Dynasty, hence the name. The territory is not only well vegetated, but also famous for its national forest parks, canyon waterfalls and numerous botanical gardens, as well as provincial-level cultural relics protection ancient canals.

When it comes to Huo Tong, we can't help but mention Huo Tong's line lion. As the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage, Huotong Line Lion is loved by people for its unique artistic expression and won applause from the audience for its wonderful performance. Under the traction of the rope, the line lion can not only show different forms such as sitting, squatting, waking, stretching and crawling, but also find, chase and get the ball through the collective control of the old artist. All these have established the position of Huo Tong's line lion in China's folk culture, including: the reputation of Chinese stunts, the big line lion weighs more than 40 kilograms, and the small line lion also weighs more than 20 kilograms. In 2006, this heritage was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

The literature and history organization of Huotong Town excavated the culture of Huotong Line Lion. Up to 2008, six related local literature and history series have been compiled and published. On the basis of protecting the traditional February 2 Lantern Festival, five new Huotong agricultural promotion conferences have been held to attract foreign guests.

20 13 new measures of huotong town: visiting ancient streets and watching the lion walk. 20 14 the national development and reform commission issued the construction project of national cultural and natural heritage protection facilities in Fujian province, in which the lion hall construction project of Huotong line in Ningde city was subsidized.