Jinlin water town

Jinlin water town has a history of more than 1700 years. It is an ancient village with profound cultural heritage, antique flavor, rich natural landscape and full of mythical color. Jinlin is a unique water town. Since ancient times, there have been Jinlin River, Gulan River, four wells in the village and five wells in the high-definition wells outside the village. There are many lakes and ponds in front of every household. In front of jinlinshui village, there are eight ancient banyan trees, together with camphor trees, acacia trees, red cotton trees and rare bodhi trees, which are like green barriers across the village. In addition to natural resources, the architecture of Jinlin water town is also very distinctive, with many city gates, many ancient houses, many ancient ancestral halls and many ancient street shops.

Jinlin water town

With a history of more than 1700 years, it is an ancient village with profound cultural heritage, antique flavor, rich natural landscape and full of mythical color. Ancient villages and ancient cities are rich in resources.

brief introduction

Jinlin has a peculiar geographical situation. "Shouxing, golden turtle, bat, deer and crane" five mountains surround the village, which has the potential of five mountains meeting. In front of the village, eight ancient banyan trees, together with camphor trees, acacia trees, red cotton trees and rare bodhi trees, stand like a green barrier across the village. Jinlin is a unique water town. Since ancient times, there have been two rivers and five wells in shuangzhen. The two rivers are Jinlin River and Gulan river. The four wells in the village and the "high definition well" outside the village are "longan". Shuangzhen flows through the doors of every household. There are many lakes and ponds, such as Shanglin pond, beixiu lake, Kui fan pond, Jishan pond, Jinshui pond, etc.

Jinlin ancient city was built in the Ming Dynasty. It is wide in the East and narrow in the South and North. One of the characteristics is that there are many city gates, such as Jishan gate, Changshou gate, Shanglin gate, Taili gate, etc.; the second is that there are many ancient houses, such as tanjiadawu, kongjiaxiang, Qingyan palace, langguandi, Jinshi, etc.; the third is that there are many ancient ancestral halls, such as Qingxuan temple, Yingye temple, lixiantan temple, Songyan temple, etc.; the fourth is that there are many ancient street shops, such as Junxing groceries, Yongsheng muxing, Zhenxing distillery, etc , baoping'an pharmacy, etc.

Feature introduction

Handicraft workshop

Manual workshops are another highlight of the village. The villagers are responsible for making wine, tofu, Yuzhu and soybean oil. The wine is made by themselves, the tofu and Yuzhu are made by themselves, and the soybean oil is pressed by themselves. When you enter each workshop, the host will introduce their production process to the tourists with great enthusiasm and pride.

Vending Market

Formed in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, the vending market in Jinlin water town has been handed down to the present. It is not only a gimmick for tourism development, but also the real life of villagers.

Because of the small population, there are not enough people in each family to be responsible for the business. People simply hang the goods on the wall, and the buyer can take the goods by throwing the money into the bamboo tube. It is said that song Xiang, a gifted scholar of the Qing Dynasty, was moved one day when he saw this strange method of trading. However, there were few people and there were not many transactions. So he wrote a couplet on the wall: "a big road leads to the north and the south, and small shops on both sides sell things." Since the creation of song Xiang's calligraphy, it has become lively here. To the south of Changshou gate is a section of village road which is less than 100 meters long and less than 10 meters wide. It was the site of the market at that time.

Vegetables are the most popular commodities in the stalls where there is no one to sell. They are tied up in bundles, filled with bamboo baskets, hung on the wall and waiting for buyers. For the larger ones, the slogans of "no one in water town" are written on the wall; for the smaller ones, some people casually put a few bunches of vegetables or medicinal herbs in front of their house, with a small cardboard attached: one yuan each.

Dragon Boat

Dragon boat running should be a kind of sacrificial activity of ancient Yue people to water god or Dragon God, and its origin may have begun at the end of primitive society. Dragon boat race is a traditional Chinese folk water sports and entertainment project, which has been spread for more than 2000 years. It is mostly held in festive festivals and is a collective rowing competition.

Guandi artillery Club

May 13 of the lunar calendar is the traditional polder day of "one polder a year" in Jinlin village. On this day, there was an activity to commemorate Guan Yu, which was called "Guandi artillery meeting". At that time, farmers and merchants gathered in Jinlin village to take advantage of the polder.

On this day, there are bamboo and wooden wares in Lingtou area, including farm implements such as straw buckets, carrying arms, straw guns, cow diapers, ox chokes, wooden plows, and various daily necessities such as tables, chairs, cabinets, basins, baskets, etc. There are a lot of people going to the polder, including traders, relatives, blind dates, and worshippers at the Dragon Mother palace.

Do Jiao

It is a kind of legal activity for Taoists to set up an altar for people, do things and seek good fortune. Winter is coming, and farming has come to an end. In order to thank the gods for the harvest of the year, farmers pray for good weather and abundant grain in the coming year. All kinds of sacrificial activities are also staged in Jinlin, so as to eliminate disasters and pray for God's blessing and protection.

Cock dance

It is said that in the early Ming Dynasty, the ancestors of the village lived in the original village site. Because of the lack of people and animals, the dogs did not bark, the chickens did not crow, and the children were raised, the whole village was not auspicious. The ancestors moved to the present village to live a better life for the future generations. Inspired by the discovery of a rooster, they made it look like a rooster with bamboo strips and colored cloth, performed by one person and accompanied by eight tone gongs and drums, showing the life characteristics of the rooster, and danced around the village for a week. Since then, the rooster has brought them happiness and auspiciousness, and regarded the rooster as an auspicious thing, forming the habit of dancing Rooster every Spring Festival or festival, which has been handed down to the present day.

Transportation guide

Self driving guide

Starting from Zhaoqing municipal government

Route: Chengzhong road Renmin South Road Songcheng Second Road Xijiang South Road Duanzhou seventh road s272 Yaonan second road Yaonan third road Yaonan fourth road g324-g80-s368-s352-g321-x453

Time required: about 2 hours and 42 minutes

Public transport guide

Starting station: Zhaoqing bus station

Destination station: Deqing County Station

Frequency: every 30 minutes.

Ticket price: 30 yuan.

How to get there after getting off: there is no bus line from Deqing County to Jinlin water town, about 40 yuan for one-way taxi.

Address: Guanwei Town, Deqing County, Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province

Longitude: 111.81171539307

Latitude: 23.287753965389

Tel: 0731-85620666

Chinese PinYin : Jin Lin Shui Xiang