Moxi town scenic spot

There is a Catholic church deep in the alley of Moxi Chinese architecture, and its existence adds a different charm to the town. It's hard to imagine that China people seldom set foot on this exotic land dotted with such western colors. This church has a long history. In the 7th year of the Republic of China, that is, in 19 18, the Catholic diocese of Kangding began to build Moxi Catholic Church, and in 1 1 year, the residence and chapel were completed, and in 15 year, the bell tower was completed. This church was first founded by a romantic French missionary, but in architectural style, it is integrated with the traditional temple style in southwest China. On its northeast side, you can clearly see the round windows that can only be seen in the old-fashioned nave, while its north-south windows show the European style. From the front, it can be regarded as a real European building, but from the side, you can see the familiar cornices. This is the Catholic church in Moxi, which introduces western ideas while retaining local characteristics; Or it should be said that the Catholic church in Moxi, like its ideological return, is bound to be combined with local folk customs. In architecture, it first realized localization and narrowed the distance with the local people. And this also gives people an indescribable strangeness on the whole. This kind of feeling, no matter from the direct sense of architecture, will only be produced after in-depth exploration of the ancient town. The local mass was first held with inter-religious music playing, and long sacred music was introduced to the ears. It uses the traditional musical instrument of China-suona. Compared with the rich and mysterious organ in the church visited in the past, it is unique and novel with its Chinese voice. In the ancient town, the bells echoed for more than a hundred years, and whispered in the town after the mass began. Catholics in the town began to set foot on the wooden floor of the church and gathered in the hall. The boards are shaking, and the numbers are very large. They put fruits and flowers under the cross of Jesus, which represents a bright candle on the altar. In an ancient town in China, simple people expressed their primitive beliefs here. They sing hymns and find their sustenance in soothing songs.

They stood or knelt on the bench, hands clenched, facing the candlelight, motionless. Candles are floating in the air, clearly reflecting the traces carved on their faces by the years. Long-term sunshine painted them with the unique gray copper color of the ancient town on the plateau. The weather-beaten people expressed their another understanding of life here.

People here say that every Christmas, this Catholic church will be carefully decorated and meticulously decorated, which is one of their spirits. Then, people in the town flocked to the church, and all kinds of activities were held here. On that day, people in the town were immersed in a happy and peaceful atmosphere.

It is said that during the Red Army's Long March, Mao Zedong used Moxi Catholic Church as the headquarters, where he instructed and planned the future of the Red Army. Guided by the history books, we can see that Mao Zedong's residence during the Long March of the Red Army is still well preserved. 1On the eve of Mao Zedong's forced crossing of the Dadu River in May, 935, he lived with Zhu De in Moxi Catholic Church and held a Moxi meeting to determine the next strategic goal of the Red Army. Similarly, in Shaba Catholic Church not far from Moxi Catholic Church, Mao Zedong commanded the Red Army to carry out a great battle-flying over Luding Bridge. It is worth mentioning that during the Long March, the Red Army traveled long distances with a Swiss missionary named bossard to translate the captured French map. During the long journey, bossard learned the purpose of the Red Army's Long March, and that the Red Army team was fighting for a great ideal and a society more in line with the reality of China. Finally, Swiss missionaries turned to understand and support the revolutionary cause of the Red Army. More than a year later, Bossat returned to Europe with the money of the Red Army and finally settled in Britain.

This experience appeared in Bossart's autobiography "Closed Hands". In this book, Bossart talked a lot about the similarities between the productism of the Red Army and missionaries at that time. At the end of the ancient town, there is a Tibetan temple. It is called "Jinhua Temple". This is a strange and distinctive temple. On the roof at the top left of the temple, there is a picture of Artest Pool. Should serve Taoism. On the roof at the top right of the temple, there is a ten thousand calligraphy and painting, which should be Buddhist. In the middle of the temple is Dalatu, which is undoubtedly Tibetan. Generally speaking, this is a temple with three religions in one. The temple is full of incense and devout tourists are indispensable. I dare not make a fuss. I have always believed that there is a road in the world and a fairy road in the fairy. How can I allow such an ignorant person to disturb the order of heaven! However, in this ancient town at night, the night is as cold as water. The air is fresh as if it had been filtered, leaving only a sweet and cool smell. Is this the smell of fairyland? Moxi Town is not only a place where people visit Hailuogou Glacier Forest Park today, but also a place where salt gangs and caravans between Sichuan and Tibet stop to rest. Although it is small, it is the only way to the ancient tea-horse road. The steep terrain of the ancient tea-horse road made it difficult for mules and horses to pass, and only people's feet could climb in it. Therefore, a unique social phenomenon of the ancient tea-horse road was created since ancient times, that is, human transportation of tea.

From Moxi to Kangding, as far as modern transportation is concerned, it doesn't take long to arrive, but in this short distance, people have to approach for ten days. In order to communicate the tea transportation between the two places, in the depths of the mountain forest, a group of backpackers appeared-with fixed long tea bags on their backs, and strong people weighed two or three hundred kilograms; On their chests, they wear worn-out towels or oval bamboo rings. Towels are used to wipe sweat, and small bamboo rings are used by husbands to wipe sweat. In their hands, they will always carry a "crutch", which is a tool they use to climb and rest. The old people in the town said that because of the long distance, they need to hurry. In addition, their equipment is more complicated. Once they carry the tea bag on their shoulders, they will not take it off easily, so that when they are tired and want to have a rest, they will put the wooden stick or bamboo pole on the ground, and then put the weight of the tea bag on the stick, so that they can walk and rest. After shedding countless sweat and blood and tears, the husbands who are carrying it hard can reach their final destination.

Tea is paid by the piece, and it is not bad for the average person to recite about ten. In this way, they can get 70 kilograms of corn for a round trip, and after deducting food and shelter on the road, there is often little left. Therefore, on the way back to tea, the husbands only brought a little corn Baba and a little salt as dry food; When they live at night, they are reluctant to spend even a few cents. They just find a shelter from the wind and rain, sort out the food they want to eat the next day, use the daytime as a quilt and the ground as a mat, lie down casually and fall asleep under the bite of mosquitoes.

In the local area, there is also a saying that "ten brothers are poor and nine are poor, and the back shelf is bent like a dragon". In Moxi Town, the husbands of the older generation joined the ranks of carrying husbands when they were young. When they were young, under the leadership of their father, they began to stir up two or three cups of tea with slightly immature shoulders. Gradually, with the growth of age and strength, there are more and more teas on my shoulders. Some women with children have to tie their children to the top of a tea bag. Tea bent, and they went back and forth on the ancient mountain road between Kangding and Moxi day after day, year after year. No matter in the middle of winter or in the hot summer, tea bearers wearing sandals and rags on the ancient Millennium Road are in an endless stream. Over time, traces of iron pestle have been left on the mountain road, and dense stone nests are looming on the abandoned and mossy slate road. On the distant road, the road is rugged and difficult to walk, and many people will accidentally fall off the cliff. When the weather is cold, some people even freeze to death directly by the strong wind. In this way, husbands are under great pressure of life. Every time I call a dozen people, I carry the tea bags of tea merchants on my shoulders and go to Kangding to earn a small salary to make a living.

There is such a "mass grave" in Dafeng Bay near Kangding. There is such a couplet on it: "Eyes full of tears, a bowl of wheat rice, homesickness". In the old society, exhausted and starved husbands nearby were dragged here, and the bodies turned into bones. A few years later, these bodies turned into white bones, which is the origin of today's "White Bone Pagoda".

This is the ancient tea-horse road in Moxi, and this is the porter on the ancient tea-horse road.

Countless backpackers exchanged sweat and life for the temporary prosperity of this ancient tea-horse road. They were unfortunate in those days and had to keep on supporting themselves and their families. In those days, nothing was more important than being alive. Today, Moxi has become the entrance to the National Forest Park. Locals no longer need to exchange blood and tears for food to eat as they did in those days. They lived a civilized life that belongs to today on this ancient road.

The ancient tea-horse road of that year will now be trodden again by countless steps, with a thousand years of shade and yellow and green. Hailuogou originated from a melting glacier valley on the east slope of the main peak of Gongga Mountain. Hailuogou's tourism resources have three characteristics: First, Hailuogou is located at the foot of the mountain. Under the sunshine, overlooking the Gongga Snow Mountain, which has no snow all year round, it is magnificent, radiant and magnificent.

2. Hailuogou Glacier is the lowest elevation among glaciers of the same latitude in China, with the lowest elevation of 2,850 meters. Glacier tongue extends 6 kilometers into virgin forest, from which glaciers and forests are born. Hailuogou glacier is a modern glacier, which was formed 1600 years ago. There is a large ice waterfall with a width of 1000 meters, with a drop of 1080 meters, which is unparalleled in the world. When the ice collapses, the blue light flashes, the snow and fog are all over the sky, and the sound is like thunder. 1-2 kilometers away can be heard, a landslide reached several million cubic meters. This is a miracle of nature. Third, in this world of ice and snow, there are ten hot springs, and tourists can soak in hot springs on glaciers. The water temperature is between 40 and 80 degrees Celsius, and there are boiling springs with water temperature as high as 90 degrees Celsius. It's amazing that both cold and heat are concentrated in one place.

East of the ridge line of the main peak of Gongga Mountain is a steep mountain canyon with obvious terrain. Dadu River roared and ran, with narrow valleys and steep cliffs. The Grand Canyon, which is rare in the world, is formed at an altitude of less than 30 kilometers and over 6500 meters. Hailuogou tourist scenic spot is located between canyons. The terrain here is complex and the climate type is special. Changchun at the foot of the mountain has no summer and is lush. The climate is pleasant, and the annual average temperature is around 15 degrees Celsius. The top of the mountain is covered with snow all year round, and the average annual temperature is around -9 degrees Celsius. Hailuogou National Geopark features modern glaciers, hot springs and alpine canyons. Gongga Mountain, the main peak, is 75 14m above sea level, and its peak is pyramid-shaped. Known as "king of the hill in Shu", it is the 1 1 peak in the world. The landscape types in the park are complex: extremely high mountains and high mountains, high mountains and high mountains, etc. The ultra-high mountain at an altitude of 4900m is above the snow line, with exposed bedrock, mainly granite, and ice erosion landforms such as tinder, blade ridge and ice bucket. Pyramid-shaped ding, such as the main peak, the nameless peak and the triple peak of Gongga Mountain, are arranged on the watershed ridge. Developing modern glacier and snow basins. The majestic, strange and steep snow mountain is abrupt, majestic and magnificent, which has high aesthetic value and strong ornamental value. Chengdu-Ya 'an (134km)- Erlangshan Tunnel (1 10km)- Moxi (60 km);

Railway: Take the Chengdu-Kunming line train, get off at Wusihe Station (the express train is at Xichang Station), and then transfer to Moxi Town at the entrance and exit of Hailuogou.

Highway: Hailuogou is 304 kilometers away from Chengdu, and it takes about 5 hours by car.

There is a through train from Chengdu Xinnanmen Station to Hailuogou. The departure time is 7: 30, and the fare is 1 13 yuan. From Chengdu via Ya 'an Expressway and Erlangshan Tunnel to Hailuogou Scenic Area, the total length is 322 kilometers and the journey takes about 6-8 hours. Moxi ancient town is at the entrance of Hailuogou.

Road condition: Chengdu-Ya 'an Expressway is the whole journey, and the road surface from Ya 'an to tianquan county is acceptable. From Tian Quan to Erlangshan Tunnel, the mountain road becomes increasingly difficult. After crossing Erlangshan Tunnel, the road surface in Luding County is acceptable, and the road surface from Luding to Moxi Road is better. Glacier Hotel: Four-star hotel, quite good. It is one of the best hotels in Ganzi Prefecture at present. If you can stay here for one night, it is worthwhile to come to Hailuogou. The price is around 300 to 500 yuan.

Gongga Mountain Hotel: A four-star hotel opened in June, 20001,with the same name as Glacier Hotel. You can enjoy Gongga Mountain here, and if you are lucky, you can also enjoy the beautiful scenery of Jinshan in Rizhao.

Long March Hotel: quasi-three-star, divided into luxury standard rooms and ordinary standard rooms, with the price ranging from 200 to 300 yuan.

There are many other ordinary hotels and guest houses in Moxi Town for tourists to choose from, and the price is about 20- 100 yuan. Xiangzhutui

Sweet pork leg is a famous dish with delicious taste, which is a good food for festivals and entertaining guests. Every winter, every household has to slaughter fat pigs. In the past, most pigs tied their four feet, cut a hole from the chest with a knife, put it into the chest to break the heart-lung junction, kill the pig, sew up the knife edge, repeatedly burn pig hair with hay, and cut it open to peel off its fat and lean meat.

Jiudouwan

According to the local customs in rural areas of Chengdu Plain, families who get married and have children build houses. Friends and relatives should be invited to get together and have a big meal, commonly known as eating nine bowls. As for the origin of this word, it is also because Chengdu drank in a big bowl during the Republic of China. The banquet is called "nine bowls" because there are generally nine bowls of dishes in each seat. Its characteristics are mainly steamed vegetables, which were originally named after the "nine major cuisines" of steamed vegetables. Namely: soft fried steamed pork, steamed ribs, steamed pork with rice flour, steamed soft-shelled turtle, steamed mud chicken, steamed mud duck, steamed elbow, salted pork and boiled water. The content of Jiudou Bowl is generally that farmers make ready-made chicken, duck, fish, meat, eggs and seasonal vegetables into Sichuan home cooking. For example, hibiscus eggs, steamed chicken and duck, steamed chop suey, sweet boiled, salted boiled, steamed pork with rice flour, steamed elbow, shredded pork with chives in Kung Pao chicken, fish-flavored pork slices, white oil liver slices, sliced pepper chicken, spicy crisp, sweet and sour pork tenderloin, three fresh white juice, stewed elbow with sauce, hot-nest chicken with ginger sauce, steamed duck strips with rice noodles and so on. Of course, sausages, bacon and sauced meat produced by farmers are indispensable. Up to now, there is still a song "Nine Bowls of Songs" circulating in Shuangliu County near Chengdu: "The host invited me to lunch, and nine bowls defeated Gusu. The first bowl of fish liver fried fish belly, two bowls of chicken stewed Fritillaria. Three bowls of lard stewed tofu and four bowls of fried carp bird's nest. Five bowls of gold hooks with vinegar and six bowls of money to hang gourds. Seven bowls of chopping block and eight bowls of fat. Rinse your mouth with nine bowls of clear soup.