Another year is approaching the Dragon Boat Festival, and Wuzitang in Xushan Village is becoming more and more lively.
In preparation for the Jiaxing Dragon Boat Festival and the Dragon Boat Festival, dragon boat teams come here to train every day.
The shouts, drums, and the sound of slamming the paddles on the water became more and more intense, making the blood of the onlookers boil.
Xushan Village is located in Daqiao Town, Nanhu District, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province.
The Xu Mountain in the village was once the only hill on the Jiahe Plain. According to legend, Wu Zixu, a doctor of the Wu State, used to train his soldiers and sharpen his sword on this mountain.
Wuzitang in Xushan Village is said to be a river channel dug by Wu Zixu more than 2,500 years ago.
The legend about Wu Zixu has long been integrated into this land, and the custom of worshipping Wu Xiang in the Dragon Boat Festival was formed in Jiaxing.
Through the wind and smoke of history, this village with moving legends is now striving to compose a movement of rural revitalization in the new era, and a beautiful rural picture with beautiful scenery and rich people is slowly unfolding.
The gorgeous Gesang flower sea, the majestic stone archway, and the Xushan Ruins Park are fascinating.
In April 2020, the Xushan Ruins Park was opened with the concept of continuing the historical context and reproducing the style of Xushan.
After more than two years of careful operation, it has become a famous Nostalgic Range Rover.
The clear water surrounds the village, the ancient trees are lush, and the winding bluestone road takes the author to the depths of the village.
The houses with white walls and black tiles show the gentleness of traditional Jiangnan dwellings.
Antique scenic spots such as Grinding Stone, Wuyue Qingquan, Quqiao Liushui, and Yongtao Pavilion are stringed into lines, telling the long history of Xushan Mountain.
Xushan Thatched Cottage used to be the reading place of the sages in the village, and now it displays the paintings of Pu Hua, a painter in the late Qing Dynasty.
Songtao Pavilion is named after "Xushan Songtao" in the "Eight Scenes of Jiahe" written by Wu Zhen, a painter in the Yuan Dynasty.
In the intangible cultural heritage exhibition hall, you can not only learn about the legend of Wu Zixu and the battle between Wu, Yue and Li, but also read historical materials such as "You Xushan Fu" and "Xushan Inscription on the Wall".
Wang Yumei, the former cadre of Xushan Village, has lived here for 60 years.
"After the construction of the Xushan Ruins Park, it seems to have reproduced the life scene of my childhood." Wang Yumei said that in her memory, the Dragon Boat Festival in Xushan was extraordinarily lively and lively. Zongzi, eat "five yellows", hang wormwood.
The lively presentation of the Dragon Boat Festival folk customs is a highlight of the Xushan Ruins Park. Here, you can experience the rich atmosphere of the Jiaxing Dragon Boat Festival in a panoramic view: the Dragon Boat Festival in the mountains welcomes the Dragon Boat Festival, the characteristic cows make the Dragon Boat Festival, the colorful sachets dress up the Dragon Boat Festival, and the memories of the dumplings are endless. Dragon Boat Festival...
Wang Yumei likes to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival very much, because she has been a master at making sachets since she was a child, and the Dragon Boat Festival is a good opportunity for her to show her talents.
This year on the Dragon Boat Festival, Wang Yumei will show the sachet-making skills to tourists at the intangible cultural heritage exhibition hall in the village, as in previous years, together with other inheritors of intangible cultural heritage.
Dragon and lion dance is an important ceremony in Xushan Village to welcome the Dragon Boat Festival.
Villager Chen Lanzhen, 52, performs "Dragon Ball" in the dragon dance team.
During this time, she and her team members hurriedly rehearsed the new program of this year's Dragon Boat Festival.
Everyone worked hard and wanted to amaze everyone during the official performance.
The integration of culture and tourism has brought new development opportunities to Xushan Village.
"There are more tourists in the village, and my business is better!" Pan Jinliang opened a family farm on the west side of Xushan Heritage Park, planting 60 acres of blueberries and kiwi fruit and other economic crops. Because the scenic spot is very popular, the farm gives him money every year. Bring in more than 1 million yuan in revenue.
In recent years, under the guidance of the rural revitalization strategy in the new era, Xushan Village has vigorously practiced the rural governance model of "co-construction, co-governance and sharing". It is a new era cultural village that is suitable for culture, tourism and industry.
Today's Xushan Village has become a model of common prosperity in the Zhejiang countryside.
"Every family lives in a bungalow, and every household has a car, and 70% of the villagers even own two or more cars," said Wu Aimin, secretary of the Xushan Village Party Committee.
Villager Wu Weibin told the author that every holiday, the village will welcome many tourists, and the domestic chickens are in short supply. "I am going to open a farmhouse, and the business will definitely be good!"
Zhou Mingli Xiang Jie