This article is from the WeChat official account:Jiuxing Travel (ID: jiuxing_neweekly), Author: Huang Jiabao, original title: "Zhang Songwen praised more than 30 Weibo, this small city is on fire", title picture from: Tuchong Creative
The first explosive drama in the beginning of the year is "Hurricane". Zhang Yi and Zhang Songwen’s superb acting skills made this drama soar all the way to Douban’s score of 9.1 and the first position in the national audience rating.
Zhang Songwen’s Gao Qiqiang has gone from fishmonger to gang leader, and the mottled buildings, noisy markets, and old streets in the background all bring out the competition between black and white and complex human nature. Yes, while you are concerned about how Gao Qiqiang went bad, I am already concerned about where Gao Qiqiang’s hometown is.
The selection of TV drama scenes is very storytelling/"Hurricane"
I can’t help but praise the crew’s vision for choosing the location:The outdated street feel makes every shot full of story tension.
It’s the only thing that can do that.Jiangmen, Guangdong.
As far as Guangdong is concerned, Jiangmen is too low-key, but when you look closer, you can see that it is densely packed with "small treasures": this is the "first hometown of overseas Chinese in China", rich in academicians, Hong Kong stars and towers. This is the birthplace of "HEYTEA". The local customs here are really hard to leave. Xu Tai, the chief producer of the TV series "Hurricane", took a fancy to Jiangmen’s inclusiveness. Zhang Songwen posted more than 30 Weibo posts extolling Jiangmen’s local customs and customs.
Zhang Songwen published a blog to promote Jiangmen/Weibo
This inconspicuous Guangdong town should have been popular long ago.
1. Wuyi, which city are you?
In the eyes of outsiders, Jiangmen is indeed very "scattered". The three districts, four counties and five cities make every Jiangmen person unable to escape being asked when introducing themselves:"Where are you from in Jiangmen?"
In fact, it is not difficult to distinguish at all: the three districts refer to "Pengjiang District", "Jianghai District" and "Xinhui District"; the four county-level cities refer to Heshan, Taishan, Kaiping and Enping; the old name "Wuyi" refers to the five places of Xinhui, Heshan, Taishan, Kaiping and Enping.
Jiangmen’s low presence may be due to its geographical location: located on the western edge of the Pearl River Delta region, separated by Foshan from Guangzhou and Zhongshan from Shenzhen, it has a sense of "not going up".
But in the past, Jiangmen was second only to Guangzhou.
The unknown people are still entangled in the Cantonese pronunciation of this city, but they don’t know that its origin is actually very beautiful: the market originated at the intersection of Xijiang and Pengjiang, and because of the confrontation between Yandun Mountain in the south of the Yangtze River and Penglai Mountain in the north of the river, it is called "Jiangmen".
The birthplace of Jiangmen is in the old city of Pengjiang. Walking up the stairs along the Thirty-Three Ruins Street is the most primitive appearance of Jiangmen. During the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was still a water bud, and merchants came to Jiangmen Ruins by boat through these thirty-three steps to do business and trade.
Chen Baisha, a great scholar in the Ming Dynasty, praised this bustling scene in a poem: "Ten steps and one rafter, not a village but a market. Pedestrians think about eating, and birds pass by to avoid the smoke in the ruins."
In the late Qing Dynasty, Jiangmen was opened up as "Jiangmen Port", and in the period of the Republic of China, Jiangmen was even more prosperous. In the urban area of Changdi, Canghou Road, and Taiping Road, it has still been preserved to this dayThe arcade is nearly 3 kilometers long, together with Nanhai Foshan, Zengcheng Xintang and Dongguan Shilong at that time, it was called "the four major towns in Guangdong".
After the city was established, Jiangmen still relied on"The Second Largest Sugar Factory in Asia" Jiangmen Sugarcane Chemical PlantJiangmen Diesel Engine Factory, Jiangmen Paper Mill, Jiangmen Shipyard, Jiangmen Battery Factory and other enterprises rank second and third in Guangdong all year round, and are also known as "Little Guangzhou".
Jiangmen Changdi Fengxiang Street
The Wuyi now under its jurisdiction has its own unique terroir.
In terms of history, Xinhui District is even older. Established in the late Eastern Jin Dynasty, it has a history of 1600 years, making it a Siyi area for a long time(Xinhui, Taishan, Kaiping, Enping)The economic and cultural center.
In the late Song Dynasty, the famous "Battle of Yashan" was fought here. The Song Dynasty, which lasted for more than 300 years, was completely destroyed, and some people said that "there is no orthodoxy after Yashan".
Jiangmen Xinhui Yamen Fortress
Hidden in the city, Kaiping retains Guangdong’s only world-class cultural heritage – the Diaolou.
If you are interested in the historical buildings of the Wuyi area, Kaiping is truly an endless treasure: the garden built according to the "Dream of Red Mansions" Grand View Garden; the ancient town of Chikan full of European style; all over the villages, 1833 Kaiping Diaolou villages full of ancient Greek, Roman and Islamic styles…
The combination of Chinese and Western buildings is staggered between the Kaiping mountains and forests, giving people the illusion of walking into the last century. It is no wonder that "The Grandmaster" and "Let Bullets Fly" are lingering here again.
Jiangmen Kaiping Tower Group
The Gulao Water Village in Heshan, more than 700 years ago, the ancestors turned this beach land into a land of fish and rice. The crisscrossing water networks, scattered dwellings, swaying banana forests, and scattered fish ponds have turned this into "the last original ecological water town in the Pearl River Delta".
Enping has also won the reputation of "the hometown of hot springs in China". It is located at the intersection of the three major fault zones in southern China, and a steady stream of hot springs has poured out from it, resulting in the well-known Jinjiang Hot Spring, Emperor City Hot Spring and Jinshan Hot Spring. It only takes more than an hour to drive, and this is the big bathhouse of Wuyi people.
In coastal Jiangmen, island tourism is essential, and Taishan’s Upper and Lower Sichuan Islands have never disappointed. Taishan has many characteristics: overseas Chinese, arcade old streets, Taishan big bags, islands…
Every Wuyi person’s weekend was probably dominated by Shangchuan Island and Xiachuan Island. The sentence "go, go to the beach", there is a high probability that it is either Shangchuan Island or Xiachuan Island or Naqin Ban Island. These islands almost all carry the beautiful expectations of Jiangmen people to see the sea for the first time.
Although Jiangmen has been divided into five cities since ancient times, it has always been inseparable from these shared memories. Jiangmen people are accustomed to looking at towers, drying tangerine peel, visiting water villages, soaking in hot springs, and visiting islands. In these small days, they nourish their hearts.
2. Jiangmen has no specialty? We have a specialty!
In addition to being troubled by being asked where people are, another question that Jiangmen people are most afraid of being asked is:
"What specialties do you have here?"
Every time asked, Jiangmen people’s palms sweated, their hearts beat faster, and their minds spun rapidly:Tangerine peel? Roast goose? Taishan cake?After hesitating for a long time, there was no reason, so it left the impression of "Jiangmen has no specialty" to the world.
But here’s the thing.There are too many specialties in the five cities of Jiangmen, each city has so many kinds, and the cities are different from each other, so that I really don’t know which one is better.
If an outsider asks again in the future, you can throw this article out: Don’t be torn apart, we are prolific!
In front of the word "prolific", Jiangmen has never been empty.
Take the overseas Chinese as an example. Obviously, there are many overseas Chinese in Fujian and Guangdong, but Jiangmen has made himself"The First Overseas Chinese Hometown in China".
Directly take the data to speak, ancestral Jiangmen overseas Chinese, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan compatriots nearly 4 million people, all over the world five continents 122 countries and regions, to know that Jiangmen City’s household population is only 4 million people(Year 2020)It’s almost half and half.
There are four famous overseas Chinese hometowns in China: Jiangmen, Quanzhou, Chaoshan and Meizhou. The latter three overseas Chinese mainly operate in South East Asia.Only the people of Wuyi in Jiangmen have crossed the ocean and drifted almost half of the worldHe went to America and Oceania to make a living. If there was really an award for "the fiercest wave, the most industrious and brave migrant worker", it should be given to Jiangmen people.
According to statistics, about 20% of the overseas Chinese in Wuyi were distributed in Asia, and 70% directly in the Americas. Even the granaries of the Americans at that time were largely developed by the Wuyi people, and the "Jinshan orange" was cultivated by the Taishan people. Kaiping "bowl cake" was sold across the street on the other side of the ocean.Words such as "selling piglets" and "Jinshan Arbor" have passed through the childhood memories of almost every Jiangmen person.
But it would be wrong to say that "every Jiangmen person always has one or two relatives overseas". The ancestral homes of overseas Chinese are basically concentrated in Taishan and Kaiping, especially Taishan. The local population is only 930,000, but the relatives and friends living overseas have reached more than 1.3 million. Gary Locke, the first Chinese ambassador to China in the United States, is a Taishan native, and Wu Bingzhi, the 26th governor of Canada, is also a Taishan native.
Due to the unusually developed culture and education in Wuyi since ancient times, especially Xinhui, there have been 231 Jinshi since the Northern Song Dynasty(Including 1 champion)With 1,343 people, and Wuyi people going abroad to broaden their horizons, Jiangmen has a large number of celebrities and academicians, and has become the "hometown of academicians" again.
Chen Baisha, the great scholar who said "the universe is in me", Liang Qichao, the great thinker, Chen Yuan, the master of Sinology, and Feng Ru, China’s first aircraft designer, are all native to Jiangmen.
Next to the Wuyi Overseas Chinese Square in the urban area, a main road in the city is directly named "Academician Road". Along the way, there are statues of 31 academicians of the two academies who have made outstanding contributions to China.The beliefs of others are idols, while the beliefs of Jiangmen people are these academicians.
Jiangmen Academician Road
Due to the fact that there are too many Wuyi people who focus on "making a living outside", they use Hong Kong and Macao as either a transit or a place to make a living, so the city of Jiangmen has a deep connection with Hong Kong and Macao.
According to the official records of Hong Kong,From the 1940s to the 1950s, 80% of Hong Kong’s population was originally from Jiangmen.Today, 20% of Hong Kong citizens are originally from Jiangmen. According to incomplete statistics, an average of one out of every five Hong Kong people is originally from Jiangmen, and an average of one out of every three Macao people is originally from Jiangmen.
"Thank you Andy, I’m fine"
No wonder Andy(Andy Lau)Brother Fa(Chow Yun Fat)Tony Leung, Donnie Yen, Huang Baiming, Chen Baiqiang, Alan Tam, Huang Jiaju and others can all shout,"My ancestral home is Jiangmen Ka."Jiangmen people almost grew up on TVB, and "Golden Branch Desire", "Fire Dance Yellow Sand" and "Forensic Pioneer" are all tacit codes for every Jiangmen boy.
The sentence "See you on the rooftop" became a famous scene for countless students to imitate "Infernal Affairs".
"I had no choice in the past. IKEA wants to be a good person."
The old artist advises you to really stop asking a Jiangmen person what their specialty is? They are modest and low-key,There are many blockhouses, many overseas Chinese, many academicians, many celebrities, and many delicacies.I said it just for fear of scaring you.
3. Jiangmen, the most comfortable city in the Bay Area
The Jiangmen people, who were used to seeing strong winds and waves, had long stopped talking about these things. They were more focused on the life in front of them than the illusory stars and the "history of Weishui".
The old artist couldn’t figure out why he fell in love with this mediocre town, and he couldn’t even see the advantages at a glance. Even Jiangmen people complained that their city had no memory except "bird paradise" and "happy tea". Maybe, it isAn invisible, unurgent sense of comfort.
It could not be said that they were rich, but the life of a small fortune made them no longer obsessed with "going out to work". Drinking morning tea, eating a big bag, and visiting East Lake Park became their common daily routine.
"Ordinary, but precious"This is the life path that every Jiangmen person follows.
It’s hard to imagine that in a city in the Greater Bay Area, no one talks about school district houses, interest classes, and chicken babies. They only pay attention to where the third aunt is going to eat tonight, and whether the sixth wife’s daughter-in-law has given birth to another son. All the tense nerves magically disappeared the moment they stepped into Jiangmen.
Therefore, some people said that "Jiangmen is very suitable for life", and the old artist took it seriously.In the Greater Bay Area urban agglomeration, I would like to call Jiangmen "Peach Blossom Land".
The first glance into Jiangmen, the sky is very blue, the road is straight and clean, an academician road, Wuyi University and row upon row of Wanda, Huiyue City high-rise buildings connected, Wuyi University’s north gate is Yihua general merchandise, the south gate is Jiangmen people "forever East Lake Park".
The downtown area of Jiangmen was not very big, and East Lake Park would always be on the list when it came to the old place. This "behemoth" occupied an area of 53 hectares in the city center, and even the locals couldn’t tell which gates there were in East Lake Park. Therefore, people couldn’t say "East Lake Park, etc." without the surrounding buildings, and no one knew which entrance it was.
On weekends, Baishuidai and Guifeng Mountain are great places for Jiangmen people to go. Climbing mountains, drinking morning tea, and shopping, this order cannot be changed no matter what.
The price in Jiangmen was very low. For ten yuan, there was a steamed rice full of meat. The rice noodle stall on the street also said "4-5 yuan a serving".Jiangmen tangerine peel limited special drink.
When it comes to food, Jiangmen is another one that is seriously underestimated. Du Ruan cold melon, lotus pond fish cake, Xinhui tangerine peel, Gujing roasted goose, Xijiang yellow sand clam, five-hole beef, Taishan yellow eel rice, Enping biscuit cake, Kaiping bowl cake, it is full of "come and eat me" breath.
Gujing roast gooseThe outside is crisp and the inside is tender, and the soup can drip down along the oil. Jiangmen people understand that the greatest respect for a goose is to marinate it with tangerine peel, and then roast it with aged lychee wood. In this way, the roast goose will have bronze skin, the aroma of tangerine peel, and the meat will be tender and smooth.
New Hui Gujing roast goose, lychee wood and 15-year-old tangerine peel fired
eatTaishan yellow eel riceThe most important thing is "casual". Any inconspicuous food stall may hide an unparalleled fragrant eel rice. To see if it is authentic or not, the locals tell you that you only need to see if the eel is "slim" enough, the meat is firm, and the scallions force out the fragrance of the eel. There is no need to grab it. The most fragrant bite is the rice burnt at the bottom of the pot.
Just one word, incense
In the Greater Bay Area, Jiangmen is indeed the most inconspicuous one, but it is also the most lively one. The long embankment-like arcades are full of clothes and plants, always reminding you that this is not only a historical building; the sound of "grandma teaching children" can be heard at any time on the night of thousands of lights; motorcycles walk along the river, and people take tangerine peel milk tea and sip it leisurely…
Bird Paradise, Diaolou, Overseas Chinese Culture, Xinhui Tangerine Peel, Academicians, Stars, Ganhua Factory, this scene floated in front of Jiangmen people, just like a passing cloud, they would rather hide their merits and fame and devote themselves to this mundane world.
Jiangmen people turn their lives into fireworks in the market/Photo by an old artist
This is a city that cannot raise any anxiety or panic. They may be more concerned about houses and jobs.
"Hey, what are you eating tonight?"
References:
1. Jiangmen: "Zhuxi City Living Room" radiates to "Xiaokang" magazine in western Guangdong
2. Jiangmen: internal connection outside the accommodation bay area "well-off" magazine
3. Jiangmen is expected to become the largest "dark horse" in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area
4. Traveling and Returning Home, Guangdong Jiangmen Centennial Overseas Chinese Affairs, China News Network
5. I am from the capital of overseas Chinese – Jiangmen ifeng.com
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