Goodbye, Xiakou Daily, the land of citrus.

The bus bumped along the Panshan Highway. The surrounding peaks are shrouded in mist, which gives the mountains a mysterious veil and colorful trees are hidden in the mist. Sitting in front of the car window, looking at the clouds flying towards me, I was lost in inexplicable thoughts: "The seven fairies stepped on the white clouds, full of affection, and slowly flew towards us from the clouds, but I was not a cowherd ..." There was a burst of laughter in the car, which interrupted my train of thought.

Laughter and laughter came from the sisters of Sequoia Dance Shadow Art Troupe. Our newly formed art troupe, according to the arrangement of President Tao and President Zhang of the Photographic Society of the University for the Aged, organized us to give a condolence performance in Xiakou Village, Xunjian Town, Nanzhang County to test our new team. By the way, look at the customs of Xiakou and understand the development and changes of the hometown of citrus in recent years. Many of our sisters in the humble abode city were so happy that they didn't sleep well all night.

Xiakou is connected to Baokangdianya in the west, Huying in Yicheng in the east and Yuan 'an County in Yichang in the south. It is a bright pearl in Nanzhang County. The climate here is mild and the land is fertile, so it is known as "Little Jiangnan". According to legend, Dayu chopped the cliff with an axe and stabbed the cliff to death. It originated from the vast meandering water of Ma Xie River in Baokang, and then he crossed the valley from the mountain, got off Maliang, crossed Chongyang and crossed Tongcheng, where it broke out, hence the name of the gorge.

This canyon is surrounded by four mountains. Dongyue refers to the mountain where Guiguzi gives lectures, Taipingding in Nanyue is a Taoist resort of Laozi, Baiyunguan Peak in Xiyue is the place where Huang Chao camped in the late Tang Dynasty, and Dajingshan in Beiyue is one of the important birthplaces of Chu. Four famous mountains towering into the sky, the male crown.

At noon, we came to the observation deck. It is condescending here, and the distant mountains and the near mountains are presented one by one. I saw a mountain, lush, bees and swallows playing. The mountains and plains are lush, and they are all orange forests with fresh breath. There are golden, bright and heavy oranges everywhere in the hills and depressions below the mountain. Now it is the peak season for sales. Fruit picking, picking, transportation and getting on the bus are all thriving scenes. Everyone is busy and there is a thriving scene everywhere.

As soon as we got off the bus, President Zhang and the village cadres greeted us. Everyone touched this orange and looked at the fruit, and they couldn't help but give a thumbs up. The greedy companion couldn't wait to pick one and put it in his mouth, even calling it sweet. We took pictures under the tree, unloaded the baskets for the farmers carrying fruit and snapped them. The women are happy to leave beautiful photos on the observation deck.

Eat at Guofeng Hotel at noon. Prior to this, Chairman Tao and President Zhang made meticulous and thoughtful contacts and arrangements for us, and President Zhang also specially set out here the day before to "act as an advance party". Lunch is mainly based on farm dishes, green food, delicacies and game. I'm already hungry, and I ate two bowls of rice in one breath. A girl teased, "Free food"! The female compatriots who suffered from carsickness on the road seem to have recovered their vitality and are not inferior to their male compatriots in eating. I said to myself: "Women don't let men!" This is a psychological balance.

At 2 pm, we came to the village social welfare home. It is the best village welfare home I have ever seen. In front is a row of three-story buildings, and there are nearly forty lonely old people living in two rows of bungalows. There are also two villa buildings under construction. Before we arrived, the old people had gathered in front of the door, waiting for us.

The condolence performance officially began. The program is rich and colorful, including dancing, poetry reading, song solo, Henan pendant and so on. Hao Guiping, a famous singer in Xiangyang, is over 70 years old, but despite the cold and hardships along the way, she sang her famous dish "Henan pendant" with great emotion. In warm applause, she invited two old people who just fell in love and got married in the welfare home last year, and told a humorous joke off the cuff, which made the people present laugh.

The last finale was the folk dance "Bashan Dance" that I participated in for the first time, which also won warm applause. For the rehearsal of this performance, Teacher Yin can be said to have worked hard. Of course, the performance of the village dance team is also extraordinary. You know, it was also cultivated by our teacher Yin. "big braid" Yin has now become a "cool" idol for the young people in the village, especially those who love dancing.

The next step is to pick oranges in the orchard. The village documents tell us that picking is also learned, so we should talk about science, otherwise it will affect next year's performance. We came to the foreign trade export sales base. In the workshop, we witnessed and learned a series of processes such as cleaning, disinfection, quality inspection, packaging, bagging and getting on the bus of oranges. Outside the workshop, a 25-ton truck is ready to go all the way to Manzhouli and Russia.

It's still early, and the village documents suggest that we go to see the Xiakou Dam. Xiakou dam is magnificent. It was started in the late 1990s and completed at the beginning of 2 1 century. It has completely changed the history of flooding in the lower reaches and the suffering of the people. Standing on the dam, the beautiful Xiakou village is unobstructed, and the magnificent scenery makes people linger. Unfortunately, hundreds of caves such as Huanglong Cave, Qinglong Cave and Yuquan Cave have been flooded by reservoir water, and only Zhangjia Cave on the north bank of the dam is visible. According to legend, this cave is the fairy Qiongge. It is said that the Jade Emperor sent his daughter to explore secrets on earth. The fairy came here and looked at the canyon, feeling that it was not heaven, but heaven. So, I stayed here and never went back to heaven.

As usual, dinner is a "farmhouse", but there is an extra glass of wine to entertain. The world is really strange and small. I not only met a group of good friends and sisters of my nephew, but also met my father's old classmates and made a group of good friends and sisters. Life is really lucky!

It is particularly worth mentioning that this trip, whether it is sightseeing or performance, catering, transportation, accommodation, contact, communication and so on. It was carefully planned by Mr. Tao Yijun. And practice, well-planned, thoughtful, let everyone have fun, laugh and laugh all the way, all the way happy. Moreover, he is experienced, knowledgeable and broad-minded. As I mentioned in the car, Yuan 'an and Xunbu are separated by a river, but the local dialects are very different. He immediately said that Gu Shan is connected, but water is separated. It is this kind of water that hinders the communication of audio and affects the communication and development of language. The analysis is reasonable and unique.

Ms Wang Xiaojian is our photography teacher and the head of the Art Troupe. She made great efforts for our performance. In order to read poetry better and more beautifully, she invited her sister (who won the second prize in Hubei Poetry Reading Competition) to teach. Her sister strictly requires everyone to pronounce accurately, pay attention to cadence and tone rendering. At that time, the sound of "another, another ..." lingered in the car.

Two days passed quickly, and we are going back to Xiangyang. Goodbye, Xiakou! Goodbye, land of citrus! Goodbye, field of hope! Goodbye, people deep in the mountains! Goodbye, ancient villages in Qinba Mountain area!