When I was in Qufu, I wanted to go to the ancient town of Nanyang, but after looking for it for a long time, the traffic strategy was not clear. With a brainwave, I booked an inn in the ancient town of Nanyang online, dialed the phone number of the boss directly and asked the way there. The boss simply said, go to Yutai and take a taxi from 20 yuan to Xidukou, the ancient town of Nanyang. It turned out to be so simple that I went to the island at noon. The west side of Guzhen Tourist Wharf is full of lotus flowers, and the scene is very shocking. This is a scene of Nanyang ancient town, "flying over the lotus pond".
Nanyang ancient town, located in Nanyang Lake in the north of Weishan Lake, is surrounded by water. It has a history of more than 2,000 years, and the ancient Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal passes through the town.
It's too hot now, and my boss gave me a suggestion. I will come out before six o'clock tomorrow morning and book a small wooden boat to visit the lake from the dock of the inn. I got up in a daze and walked out the door. The energetic boatman's wife had already waited for me in the wooden boat at the dock, got on the boat and set off. The building on the shore in the picture is the inn where I stayed.
Our boat is driving slowly on the lake, which is Nanyang Lake in the north of Weishan Lake. It's the season to enjoy lotus flowers. As usual, the boatman's wife looked at me with a camera, showed me lotus flowers, and picked a lotus leaf or lotus flower as a souvenir. Sister-in-law's suggestion made me laugh, but I didn't! What I want to see is the daily life scene of boatmen on Nanyang Lake, which attracts me most. My sister-in-law and I discussed that we should do whatever we usually do in the lake and do it now, leaving me alone. My sister-in-law agreed happily, and her eyes seemed to say, don't regret it, I'm going to do my own thing.
It turns out that what the boatman's sister-in-law usually does is catch mud snails. Relying on mountains to eat, relying on water to eat. In addition to contracted aquaculture, residents of Nanyang ancient town will also catch snails and collect lotus leaves to subsidize their families. The purchase price of a catty of mud snail is only 70 cents, which is bought by people outside the island. Sister-in-law said that if she is lucky one day, she can earn 180.
Soon after the boat was rowed out, I saw the old man fishing for mud snails. Sister-in-law greeted the old man warmly and asked about the harvest. This scene makes me feel very funny. We usually greet and chat with our neighbors and friends in the street, but the house boat here greets on the lake, and it feels very different.
He punted away. Nowadays, ancient town tourism is in the ascendant, and the development modes of ancient town tourism are various, with many amazing projects. The most unreliable thing is that all the aborigines have moved out and rebuilt an "imaginary" bustling ancient town. Every shopkeeper and owner of an ancient house that tourists meet during their travels, let's just say that everyone you meet is a staff member of the scenic spot and works from time to time. What is the significance of such an ancient town?
The boatman's wife paddled the boat leisurely and lightly, constantly greeting the neighbors she met. This is my idea of family life on the lake. In fact, I like this feeling very much. When you visit an ancient town, tourists are guests. This ancient town is centered on indigenous people. They have lived here for generations. They are the "protagonists" of the ancient town, and tourists are passers-by and "supporting roles". We will quietly feel the leisurely life in the ancient town and occasionally get up the courage to experience the life of the aborigines, which is enough.
A diligent and responsible local dog on the shore is "taking care" of his big goose. When we were on the road on the lake, it seemed to invade the puppy's territory, and it kept barking and demonstrating. I can't show weakness, and I have to imitate a dog and bark back. For a time, the true and false dog barks echoed on the lake and were not tied. My "silly hanging" behavior made the boatman's sister-in-law laugh.
We rowed leisurely on the lake and passed by our neighbors who got up early to catch mud snails. The boatman's sister-in-law told me that their posture is the most comfortable.
The most comfortable time is a rare cool and pleasant morning, and the seemingly thin sister-in-law paddles hard with her arms. I remember one year, our unit drove to a seaside resort for the weekend. As soon as dinner was hot, we had a warm exchange with the tourists at the next table. Later, it developed into a "arm-wrestling" competition, in which a fitness expert was defeated by an elder sister at the next table. Only after asking did I know that this elder sister-in-law is a fisherman with amazing wrist strength. I guess if I want to wrestle with the eldest sister-in-law in the picture, I can't escape humiliation.
The lake is full of such big scenes, and the breeze is like a fairyland. The beauty in the eyes of tourists is actually the livelihood of Nanyang people. When the harvest season is over, they will pick lotus leaves and take lotus seeds.
So very early, the ferry boat in Nanyang ancient town began to operate. Tourists take a round-trip ticket from Xidukou Wharf to Guzhen, 40 yuan, and a round-trip ticket for local residents 10 yuan. There is no ticket in the ancient town, so this ticket is equivalent to a ticket.
This is the office building of Nanyang Guzhen Town Government, and our inn is only a few hundred meters away from the town government.
After the Happy Lake tour, the boatman's sister-in-law sent me back to the dock in front of the inn and hurried home to take care of my little grandson. I am busy putting the agreed cruise fee and a little thank-you fee into my shy sister-in-law. On the small pier, the innkeeper, her sleepy son and a local puppy greeted me. I like the morning in this ancient town.
Walking on the old street of Guzhen, I felt that Guzhen was slowly waking up. I spent one yuan to buy two big steamed buns and went to drink mutton soup next door.
The mutton soup next door is generally mutton offal, but the mutton soup here is pure mutton, with a lot of mutton and vermicelli. The boss asked, do you want Chili? I boldly said, just add normally, don't shy away. It seems that this pepper is a little spicy. You should finish the mutton soup you ordered, no matter how spicy it is.
In a small mutton soup shop, there is such a table with breakfast wine, mutton soup, steamed bread, two side dishes and several bottles of beer. It seems that these guys should get up early for work.
In the picture, this local dog has been following me since the small pier of the inn. When eating, I specially left a piece of steamed bread to feed it. When I came out, the little guy was gone. Do you like this ancient town? Nanyang ancient town in Jining, Shandong Province is an island in the lake, and the traffic is actually very convenient.