Gulao water town

Gulao water town

According to historical records, it has a history of more than 600 years. Water town is located on the Bank of Xijiang River. In the 27th year of Hongwu Period of Ming Dynasty, Feng baxiu, a native of Gulao, was ordered to build Gulao Wai. Since then, Gulao has gradually changed from a beachhead to a beautiful Lingnan. "Weidun" is named according to the geographical characteristics, which means "Dun" under the dike.

geographical position

There is a place called "Venice" in Heshan City, which is called "Gulao water town".

Gulao is a town in Heshan City, located in the northwest of Heshan City. "Gulaoshui township" refers to Shengping, Shuangqiao, Xinxing, Poshan and other "Weidun" areas. There are more than 14300 mu of fish ponds and cultivated land, with a population of 15000. It is a typical wetland ecological landform. "Gulao Yinzhen" green tea is sold at home and abroad, and the traditional sauce "Gulao Mianchi" produced by jiamaoyuan is also famous in provinces, Hong Kong and Macao. It has a Venetian water scenery. The fish ponds, the "mounds" and the rivers as dense as cobwebs make up the picturesque scenery, which is fascinating and intoxicating.

geographical environment

How did the ancient Laoshui village come into being? It's related to the geographical environment here. Gulao is located on the Bank of Xijiang River. The surging Xijiang River flows here from the upstream. The river becomes wide and a large amount of sediment is deposited to form sandbars and alluvial flats. Since the Ming Dynasty, people have built large-scale dikes on the side of Xijiang River to prevent floods, including Dajun Wai, Changle Wai, Qianjiang Wai, Dujiang Wai, etc. In the place of the alluvial flat in the dike, people dug out a fish pond, and small mounds were formed between the fish ponds. Fish ponds are mainly used to raise fish, while small mounds are planted with mulberry and sugarcane, and some of them have houses. Traditionally, the dike on the side of Xijiang River is called "Wai", and the small mound between the fish ponds in the dike is called "Wai Dun".

In ancient times, when the level of productivity was low, every time the flood peak of Xijiang River hit, Gulao Wai, with its low levee, was always in a hurry, even suffered from the lack of levee. In the past long years, every year when the flood season came, the people here had to support the old and carry the young, and it was difficult to escape from famine. I don't know how many people were engulfed by the flood and how many people were homeless. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, especially in recent years, the dyke of Gulao has been widened and raised a lot. For example, Gulao dyke is the longest dyke in Gulao water town and one of the strongest dykes built in the Pearl River Delta. It can withstand the flood of Xijiang River once in 50 years or even 100 years, and protect hundreds of thousands of people and hundreds of thousands of mu of fertile land. It is also a 10-meter high and 8-meter wide Dyke Road, which can pass cars and become a beautiful scenery in Heshan City.

Regional characteristics

The water network of Gulao dike is crisscross, the boats are flying like flies, the banana forests on both sides are swaying, the ten thousand mu fish ponds are shining like a mirror, the thousands of acres of mulberry land and the green sea are rolling, and the green fields are like the carved jadeite, which is a beautiful scenery of the water town of the south.

Due to the crisscross rivers, villagers used to prefer small boats to go out, but now because of the smooth roads and bridges, they often see the scene of "no one crossing the river without a boat". Tourists may as well put their boats on the river, let the river wind wash their faces and the water color moisten their hearts; listen to the singing of summer cicadas on the bank and see the reflection of the small bridge on the water; experience the life of people in the water town and appreciate the exquisite beauty of Jiangnan.

Along the winding country road, you can come to a place called "Erdu bridge" in gulaoshui township. I saw in front of the pier, there are a few hundred years old banyan, quietly guarding and guarding this side of the soil and water. Under the shade of banyan trees, several long granite stones are zigzagged on the wooden piles beside the fish pond, which has the charm of "small bridge, flowing water and family". The local people call it "Tiaoshi" or "Xiqiao stone". Because the soil in the water village is fine and slippery, it is not easy to seep water. Occasionally, a few drops of light rain make it muddy and inconvenient to walk. So the residents use this kind of "strip stone" to pave roads along small rivers and sugar bases, forming small stone bridges and stone paths all over the water area, forming a unique landscape.

Banyan is also a scene of water town. Those banyan trees with a history of 100 years are deeply rooted, leafy, green and graceful. They reflect each other with small bridges and flowing water, and embellish the water towns into small oases.

natural resources

Gulao water Township has a developed aquaculture industry. From the traditional four big fishes, black carp, grass carp, silver carp and bighead carp, to high-quality varieties with high added value, such as mandarin fish, perch, turtle, prawn and American frog, Gulao people have cultivated them. Moreover, intensive and three-dimensional operation has reached a certain scale here. It is not uncommon for farmers to have tens of acres of fish ponds, thousands of pigs and tens of thousands of chickens and ducks. Today's Gulao is worthy of the name of "land of fish and rice". Every day when dawn dawns, motorcycles, farmer's carts and boats shuttle between the water town and shaping, transporting the pond fish, vegetables, three birds and live pigs produced here to the urban area for sale.

folk culture

The ancient Laoshui town has derived a lot of water related culture. For example, "Dragon Boat Race" is a traditional program in Gulao. Every year before and after the Dragon Boat Festival in the lunar calendar, the water town will be filled with a happy atmosphere, and the sound of gongs and drums will ring everywhere. In these days, those ancient laborers who are far away from home will consciously return to their hometown, have money to pay, and make great efforts to select the elites and practice shirtless by taking the village or "pier" as the unit. There is a popular saying: "the first day of junior high school, the second day of junior high school, the third day of junior high school, the fourth day of junior high school, the fifth day of junior high school, the sixth day of junior high school.". It means that on the third and fourth day of the fifth lunar month, at the intersection of shaping River and Gulao River, Gulao people always hold dragon boat races. Every year when the dragon boat race, it is full of people, gongs and drums, firecrackers. The oars in the river are flying and shouting. At that time, overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao will travel thousands of miles to visit the grand ceremony or participate in the competition in person to enjoy the auspicious "dragon boat water".

As the saying goes, "one side of the landscape raises one side of the people." the beautiful landscape of the ancient Laoshui village has brought many celebrities here. For example, Hu Die, the most popular film star in the 1930s and China's first generation of film queen, Liang Zan, the great master of Wing Chun Quan, and Wang Zebang, the founder of the famous Chinese brand "Wang Laoji herbal tea", are all from Gulao. More than 1000 years ago, Su Dongpo, a great writer of the Song Dynasty, passed here by boat on his way to Hainan. He saw that this place was full of ancient banyan trees, green bamboos and beautiful scenery. He even "couldn't stay for a long time". He went ashore by boat for a few days. Today, the Dongpo Pavilion in the mountain village of Xijiang slope is the "boating place of pogong".

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Address: the Bank of Xijiang River, Gulao Town, Heshan, Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province

Longitude: 112.945931

Latitude: 22.830644

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