The most beautiful simple calligraphy of Tulou in Yongding, Fujian, living close to the mountains

The wind and rain followed along the way

The scenery along the way, the landscape painting

An old couple and a group of middle-aged women

All It is the most beautiful finishing touch in the landscape painting

Every earth building

Close to the green mountains and streams

Harmony in every household

Smiles curl up from the kitchen smoke

One meal and one porridge come from nature

One courtyard and one well contain tranquility

Earth walls and wooden buildings are filled with wisdom

Ancient bridges and flowing water, green mountains and white clouds

Live in seclusion in earthen buildings

The most beautiful stream is at the turn of the winding road< /p>

The tallest green mountains are hidden deep in the white clouds

The deepest words are in the depths of each other’s eyes

The truest love takes a lifetime to interpret

I want to be with you

Experience the experiences on the road together

Every trivial fireworks in the world

Every turn of famous mountains and rivers Thousands of Returns

Even if it is just an obscure mountain village

The quiet sound of the flute with light tea and light meals

is also the most beautiful in the depths of the world

The pictures and texts are like water and smoke

Every time I go out, I always encounter rain; every time I come back from a trip, it is sunny weather.

Traveling on rainy days brings many inconveniences, especially when traveling to mountainous areas, where mudslides and landslides can be seen everywhere, making people feel uneasy and praying for a safe journey. But also because of the rain, the mountains are shrouded in clouds and mist, the waterfalls are abundant, the scenery is picturesque, and the waterfalls everywhere are spectacular.

Everything you lose must be gained. The inconvenience of rain is made up for by the scenery.

It has been raining for two days and two nights, but the free days that my husband finally squeezed out cannot be changed. He asked hesitantly, if it continues to rain tomorrow, will we still go out?

I said with a smile and confidence that there will be no rain tomorrow.

The gentleman asked doubtfully, is it true?

Have you forgotten? I'm more accurate than the weather forecast.

I half believe in the sixth sense and half to give myself confidence.

During the night, half asleep and half awake, I was always woken up by the sound of rain. I couldn't help but sigh in my heart: Will tomorrow's trip really be ruined?

Fortunately, when I woke up the next day, although the sky was still cloudy, the rain finally stopped.

Then my husband was convinced and I was so proud that I set out excitedly at seven in the morning.

The destination of this trip is Yongding Tulou, Longyan, Fujian.

Last night I searched three earth buildings, Nanxi, Hongkeng and Chuxi.

Then we got three routes, one from peaceful Luxi to Yongding Nanxi.

One is from Meizhou to Longyan to Hongkeng. There is also one from Tai Po to Chu Xi.

Going from Dapu, you could have stopped by to see the Pingshan Rice Terraces, but the whole road was basically a two-lane provincial road. Even though the journey was not far, the time was not short.

From Meizhou Expressway to Longyan, because many expressways in Meizhou have speed limits of 70 to 80, it is the expressway that my husband dislikes driving the least, so I try to avoid it.

Only Fujian Pinghe, although it does not have a full expressway, he probably likes it more because he often goes to the scenic spots on this side.

So we did not turn on the navigation and went directly to the highway to Zhao'an. Then we had constant arguments along the way. Finally, we listened to the instructions of my mobile phone navigation and got off the highway from Changshan. Along the peaceful direction, this road is still a two-lane provincial road. Coupled with the heavy rain, traces of mudslides can be seen everywhere and conditions that cannot be passed due to landslides make it very difficult to walk.

I remember that my husband once told me that a relative would be on high alert whenever he went to the mountains on a rainy day. If he heard any unusual noise, he would be ready to turn around at any time. , and even prepared to abandon the car and escape. At that time, I asked stupidly, why? The gentleman said with an unteachable expression that he was afraid of mudslides on the mountain. Then I couldn't help laughing. Because in my mind, mudslides, landslides and floods are something very far away from me, as far away as a joke.

But now, I no longer dare to laugh wildly. Not long ago, a flood occurred in Qinglan Scenic Area in Chaozhou, which is separated from Shantou, killing four tourists. Now I always see landslides and landslides along the way. The mudslide, with all the dangers so vividly placed there, taught me a real lesson in my naivety and shallowness.

The so-called ignorant person is fearless. I have always felt at ease with the outside world. I always feel that danger is just a word that appears in the news and on TV. My life and my world have always been quiet, beautiful and peaceful. When traveling with my husband, he is a cautious and attentive person who will block everything for me. Basically, his concept of safety is blind confidence like "there are no thieves in the world". My husband found it particularly incredible that someone with my IQ had never suffered any losses.

And I have been walking with such a "stupid" mentality, but I have rarely been deceived. Many times I have been cheated, and I can only come back to it after the fact.

When we are together, my husband teaches me lessons with his experience, and I give him confidence with my fearlessness. Between us, sometimes my ignorance prevailed, sometimes his experience warded off danger. It's true that we can learn from each other's strengths and make up for each other's weaknesses, so we can live in peace and harmony.

The mountain road was winding and heavy rain followed us all the way, but it did not hinder our interest in enjoying the scenery along the way at all. Although we had quarreled just now and looked sullen at each other, we could see the scenery everywhere Seeing the beautiful scenery, I forgot about everything and just focused on shouting and cheering with each other.

"You must park, you must park. If you are not allowed to take a picture of this scenery, not only you will regret it, but I will regret it too." The gentleman praised him, and then quickly looked for a safer place. I parked my car at a certain place, so I happily opened the door and got out of the car, then looked around to see if there were any speeding vehicles, and then swayed and trotted towards the opposite side. Regardless of the rain outside, he just tried his best not to let the rain hit the camera. While looking for the angle, he murmured "Oh my god" to himself. Then he parked the car and hurriedly held an umbrella and hurried all the way. Come and shelter me from the wind and rain.

I saw that because of the rain, the clouds and mist on the mountain were as light as the flowing belt of a fairy slowly drifting by. The mountain became cloudy because of the rain, and the cloud became white because of the mountain. The stream followed closely all the way, It surges when it encounters a reef, and forms a waterfall when it encounters an intercepted semicircular dam. The water pours out from top to bottom in a mighty way, and the white mist that rises slowly spreads out. The trees in the valley are green and the rain is bright. The waterfall and the white mist splashed by the waterfall are just the right amount of white space in the ink painting.

We stood side by side, and my husband held an umbrella for me, trying to protect me and the camera from the rain. Then facing the white waterfall, it is like the sleeves of green clothes, trembling and turning, swirling and rolling, slowly spreading, and gradually rippling in the curves of the valley. It gradually fades away and fades away, like splashing ink, as if the sky and the earth are nothing but the thundering sound of the waterfall, and the picturesque green mountains are empty and covered with white mist.

It was so majestic and vivid. Not only was I stunned, but my husband also found it incredible and was amazed. What confused him even more was that I was mumbling to myself with a look of annoyance and regret, what should I do, what should I do?

"The camera is out of battery?" He looked at me in shock and asked.

"No, no. It's such a beautiful picture, but I can't capture one-tenth of this beauty. What should I do, what should I do..." I was really worried. Firstly, the weather was bad and I was afraid of getting my camera wet; secondly, it was raining and the light was not good enough to take pictures; thirdly, I was short of time and did not allow me to look for angles and ideas; fourthly, there was no best viewing platform for the scenery on the road. Find it with your own eyes. Every time I face the beautiful scenery, I always feel that I am powerless, and I just hate that I don’t think about it and learn more.

Along the way, white clouds always surround the green mountains, waterfalls can be seen everywhere, and more are quiet villages, cooking smoke, fields, water light, mountain scenery, cattle, and birdsong. Finally, I truly understand what the most beautiful scenery is on the road.

Everywhere you stop, you will see the scenery; if you raise your hand and take a photo, it will be a painting.

Follow the winding mountain road up, and then spiral down along the mountain road. Sometimes the sound of rain hits the car window, and sometimes I stop to look at the green mountains. At every bend of the stream, in front of every nameless waterfall, in every white cloud and green mountain, in every rice field village, we would get out of the car in the rain, or we would be busy squatting up and down to find the angle, or just the two of us. Stay there. In a village where there are people, the villagers will look at us suspiciously. Perhaps in their eyes, we are just two lunatics. The two of them braved the rain and admired the place that they were so used to seeing that they couldn't see it as a scenery. Why were there two strangers tossing around like crazy.

On this road, there are two most dangerous places.

In one place, we were building a road due to a landslide. The road was muddy due to rain. Our car was not for off-road use, and the chassis was not high enough. Although the horsepower was sufficient, it was very difficult for the wheels to sink into the mud. It was very difficult to get over. I asked my husband in a low voice, is this okay?

My husband was calm and said calmly: "Of course. As long as you drive slower, there will be no problem."

Then I stopped talking and my husband was fully focused on me, feeling the chassis in the car. Rubbing against the mud and rocks, I climbed up the slope smoothly even though it was a bit laborious. In fact, before this, I had given up. It doesn’t have to be the destination. I can change the route midway. But there are some roads, once you drive on them, you can only move forward and never go back.

In another place, the road ahead was blocked due to mudslides, but the road was not closed directly until we drove to the point where we could no longer pass, so we had to turn around. I didn’t feel afraid or worried. What a danger, but afterwards my husband said that he was really scared when he thought about it. What if the mountain continues to collapse, what if the mud and rocks flow down again?

I think that in many cases, the higher your IQ and the richer your experience, the more things you fear and worry about. On the contrary, I don’t know how to be afraid because I am ignorant, haha.

The more surprises there are, the more dangerous they are; the more dangerous they are, the more amazing they are.

At one o’clock in the afternoon, we finally arrived at Shijia Village in the Nanxi Tulou Group. This is a primitive earth building, an undeveloped village.

It was hard to find a place to stay that was mentioned online. Several tourists there enthusiastically told us the owner’s phone number, saying that if they wanted to stay, they could call the owner, but they didn’t provide food.

After discussing, we went back to a Nanjiang restaurant at the entrance of the village to eat (my husband always said it was Jiangnan), then went to the observation deck above to see the terraced fields, and then rushed to Hongkeng, which is more than ten kilometers away.

I, Madaha, took the wrong battery before going out. Fortunately, the store was very convenient. We left the battery at her house to charge, and then took an old battery to the observation deck to take pictures of the terraced fields. As you can imagine , after taking a few pictures, the battery ran out. The husband said regretfully that the five-hour drive was really in vain. I didn't say a word, looking angrily at the earthen buildings located between the yellow rice terraces and the green mountains and beautiful waters, which were empty in the rain.

Terraces. It is the perfect cooperation between man-made and nature. The most beautiful time should be when the water is released before the rice is sown and the golden color before the autumn harvest. The best shots are sunrise and sunset. It has never caught up with the time before rice planting, and this time it has not caught up with the best sunrise or sunset of the day. It is even a gloomy sky and drizzle. However, I have always been a happy-go-lucky person, taking whatever comes my way. There is a kind of calm indifference in my nature of letting nature take its course. Just because of my lax attitude and casual attitude that I dare not be demanding, I cannot make the best films. As I have always believed, it doesn't matter how late we meet each other. Meeting each other is destined to be the best.

During the travel days, the scenery we encountered, the weather we encountered, and the photos we took, we all just let nature take its course.

Having good weather, encountering beautiful scenery, and just having the right time to press the shutter is certainly exciting. But even if the harvest from this trip is not as rich as imagined, as long as it is already on the road, it is the best moment.

Standing on the viewing platform, I suddenly noticed that there were artificial flower stands placed on the terraces. I was a little confused about the reason. Then I suddenly realized and said: "This flower stand must be deliberately beautified by the villagers for the convenience of others to take pictures, right?"

Then I saw the gentleman’s expression that he couldn’t laugh or cry, and he was holding back his laughter. I glared at him and said, isn't it?

"Can you stop being so naive? I don't even want to talk about you, but you still don't accept it?" The husband continued to hold back his laughter and said, "Those are the garlands placed for ancestors to visit their graves." I continued to keep my Suspicious, he continued his belly laugh.

After getting off the observation deck, we went to Nanjiang Hotel to pick up batteries, asked for directions to Hongkeng, and then continued our journey. However, they found that the road was impassable due to mudslides. Finally, they headed in the same direction and found another country road. If this road was still unavailable, they would have no choice but to return. Fortunately, the navigation system finally showed that there were still a few kilometers to go. To be safe, we went down and asked for directions. After getting a positive answer, we moved forward with confidence.

Hongkeng Tulou is a well-developed 5A scenic spot. We discussed at the ticket office where to start the tour first, and finally decided to watch The Prince in the Earth Building first, then stay in the scenic spot tonight, and make plans tomorrow. At this time, a woman with a gentle smile on her face came over and asked: "You guys, do you want a tour guide?" The gentleman subconsciously refused. I discussed with him: "If there is no explanation about this earth building, we won't be able to understand it. Isn't it round or square? It would be good to have a tour guide who can tell us about the earth building."

Sir, he listened to my opinion. The entrance fee to the scenic spot is 90 yuan per person, 6 yuan for the electric car, 60 yuan for the tour guide, and 252 yuan per person.

When I got on the electric car, I met two old people. They must be around eighty years old. When a couple grows old and travels together, one has to admire their courage. Seeing that they couldn't see each other for a while, they would look around nervously. But when they did meet, the two of them started to quarrel over trivial matters. Our tour guide also smiled and reminded them to pay attention to safety.

This old couple still pops up in my mind late into the night. I wonder if in the future, when we are all old, we can go out for a walk like them, without having children or grandchildren to follow us, without being afraid of getting lost, without having to think about accommodation or planning a trip, and have enough courage to go anywhere? We don’t know where they stayed that night. But thinking about their stumbling steps and noisy scenes, I felt vaguely concerned.

The tour guide first showed us two photos, the two former and current presidents. Suddenly I had an idea and asked: "Have you ever been to "Home Far Away"?"

"Yes." The tour guide smiled gently and said, "I'm in there too, the one making tea." "

"Oh, it's true," I shouted happily: "No wonder you look so kind."

"You also like to watch "Home Far Away"? asked the tour guide.

"Yes, I only watch this show, but speaking of myself, I haven't watched "Far Home" for a year." The tour guide looked at Mian Shan and it was true, but I didn't have the impression that it was on TV I had seen it, and then I went home and looked for the Tulou episode of "A Journey to Hundreds of Mountains and Hundreds of Rivers", and sure enough I saw our tour guide making tea inside.

The tour guide chatted while walking. She said that she understood our discussion at the ticket office, saying it was similar to Hokkien, and she was married here from Zhangpu, Zhangzhou, so that’s it.

Later, she joked that she was half a fellow villager, especially when she met her husband. He used to go to Shantou often, and she also had a special affection for Shantou. Speaking of the house in Linhai in 2004, which cost more than 2,000 yuan per square meter, no one wanted it. At that time, he always wanted to buy one. Houses, knowing that the houses facing the sea and rivers are the most popular now, I call it a pity.

The tour guide lives in Zhencheng Building, Prince Tulou, in the Outer Land and Inner Ocean. It was said that if we wanted to stay in their guest room on the fourth floor, it would cost 100 yuan per night. Unfortunately, there was no private bathroom, and my husband had a grudge against old houses, so the tour guide took us to those newly built villas. However, she allowed me to go up to the fourth floor to take pictures of the panoramic view of the earth building. Ah, this is a great temptation.

The gentleman here drank tea with them, and I went upstairs alone. The visuals are different every time you go up to the first floor. When I was on the third floor, I was happily taking pictures when I heard an old man yelling at a group of tourists loudly and with a bad attitude: "Go down, go down, who asked you to come up? Come down quickly and play the piano randomly." ..." The tourists explained that they paid ten yuan each to come up. But the old man didn't listen to this explanation and continued to curse fiercely. The group of people who didn't go downstairs were very angry and said dissatisfiedly, "The money has been collected, but no one is allowed to come up yet." They were probably trying to argue with the person who collected the money. .

The old man turned around and walked towards me, saying equally loudly: "Go down, who asked you to come up?"

"Can't you come up?" I tried to be gentle and calm. asked with a smile.

"You can't go up, go down, go down." Facing the smile on our face, the old man's attitude didn't get any better. Strangely enough, although I felt guilty, because I had the tour guide’s permission and I hadn’t gone up to the fourth floor yet, I was unwilling to give up this opportunity. I could still say calmly and gently: “It’s okay to live here.” Can't come?"

"You live here? Who is the landlord?" The old man asked suspiciously, his expression obviously lacking.

"Chen Jinxiang, I want to go to the fourth floor to look at the house. If it suits me, I can live here, but I can't go up here?" I still asked in a very gentle voice.

"Playing the piano randomly." The old man turned around and left angrily. He probably couldn't find a reason to refute me, and he couldn't get off the stage, so he continued to look aggressive and turned around to leave, which was regarded as acquiescence.

"Are you really not allowed to go?" I asked again after him, but he ignored me and walked away.

Then, of course, I went up to the fourth floor smoothly and took a few pictures. However, the tour guide asked me to walk around and take pictures at every corner, so I didn't dare. I couldn't keep my face off when I met this old man again, so I could only sneak down like a thief.

When I returned to the tour guide and told her, she smiled and said, ignore him.

The gentleman said that no wonder a group of tourists just now complained angrily that they were not allowed to go up even though they had collected money.

Because I drank several teas made by the tour guide, but none of them satisfied my husband. I felt sorry for him and forced him to give fifty yuan to the tour guide. Sorry.

There are more than 100 tour guides in Hongkeng. The tour guides charge a unified fee. The company gets 30% and the tour guide gets 70%. Then whoever's turn it is will be whoever it is. There is no need to fight and there is no way to grab it. Therefore, it is really a kind of fate to meet the tour guide.

Despite the young age of the tour guide, the eldest child is already eighteen years old, one boy and three girls, so amazing. There is a maternal kindness and gentleness about her. He took us to a restaurant owned by her uncle for dinner. The husband stayed with her to eat, but she refused to agree to anything he said. The biggest regret of Hongkeng Tulou is that there are no lights at night, and the night scene is pitch black except for street lights. Unlike Taxia Village and Yunshuiyao in Nanjing, the night view is more beautiful than during the day.

After dinner, the tour guide specially sent her husband to take us to the place where we stayed.

My husband said that no matter where he went, he had a strong sense of direction and the ability to recognize the way. Only when he followed the tour guide around the Hongkeng Tulou, he became confused. Because it was dark at night, we didn't come out. Then we found a little regretfully that we forgot to bring the Gongfu tea set, and the inn didn't have any. What would we do if there was no Gongfu tea during this long night?

Once people like something, they will do everything possible to get it. It turned out that my husband just said jokingly: "Go and borrow it from the boss!"

Then I, who was always afraid of talking to others, actually got up and went downstairs to find the boss.

The boss and his family were busy cooking for tourists. I caught a waiter and quietly asked her to borrow a Gongfu tea set, a covered bowl and two small cups. The waiter was busy serving the dishes, so her expression was a little reluctant, but she was embarrassed to refuse. She took a big teapot, and I quickly said, "I want this small tureen." She could only go to the boss's relatives who were making tea to find it. , she only found a tureen without a lid. She muttered dissatisfiedly: "There is no lid. How about you use this kind?" When I saw that it was a glass cup for making green tea, I could only say apologetically, "I still want it." This kind of thing." Finally, she rummaged through the box and finally found a lid with a missing lid. I asked for two more small cups and thanked her happily. She forced a smile and said, "It's okay."

I didn’t blame her at all, I could only thank her wholeheartedly. After all, she was busy and she had to bother to help me find it. This was not her responsibility. When I returned to the room on the third floor, my husband was surprised and said: "I actually borrowed it."

"However, the lid is a little chipped.

"I also looked proud.

"It's okay, it's already pretty good. "

This night, we drank a cup of Gongfu tea. Then, we fell asleep contentedly. It was not yet nine o'clock.

There was no need to turn on the air conditioner, just turn on the small With a small window and a thick quilt, it was just right for warmth and comfort. The temperature in the mountains was really a few degrees lower than outside. It was raining all night until seven o'clock in the morning. /p>

I had breakfast at the villa the next day, boiled noodles with lean meat and eggs. My husband praised it very much. The ingredients are really delicious.

The biggest feature of the mountainous area is that the ingredients are really great. The chicken is tender and tough, which is really different from the chicken outside, and the taste is similar to ours. What I didn't expect was that because I had a full breakfast and there was a traffic jam when I came back, there was no chicken at noon for the first time. We didn’t go home until dinner.

After breakfast, we walked over the scenic spots that we didn’t take pictures of yesterday because the light was too dark. It rained all night, but it stopped raining this morning. Although it was still cloudy, it was already very satisfying. After all, it was inconvenient to take pictures with an umbrella.

Because it was after the National Day, there were not many tourists, but I met a group of people who looked to be in their fifties. The women, wearing bright ethnic costumes, used their mobile phones to capture the most beautiful pictures on the river bank, in front of the earth building, on the small bridge, and on the bluestone road, which was also pleasing to the eye.

Returning to the villa at ten o'clock. After drinking another Gongfu tea, I reluctantly returned the borrowed Gongfu tea set to the store, packed my luggage and left the Tulou. I went to the Tulou Fengqing Street opposite to go shopping, but found that many stores were not open yet, and the so-called The entrance fee to the underground palace and museum was actually 80 yuan. When I heard the price, I quickly gave up the idea, took my husband's hand and turned around to leave. Then I originally planned to go to Chuxi, but the landslide in front had not been repaired, and my husband was approaching. I received the mission and started home at 11 o'clock.

On the way back, we took the expressway and ended up in Jingyi, Meizhou, because there was a car accident ahead. It took three hours. Fortunately, we refueled and went to the restroom at the previous service area. Although we didn’t eat lunch, I didn’t feel hungry. What I always fear most when going out is being hungry, so I tried to fill my stomach. There are still some snacks. Then I can save anything on the way, just a pot of hot tea.

We were cracking melon seeds, drinking tea, and chatting in the car. I even brought a poker. People in other cars were walking around anxiously and helplessly looking for news. We were the only two living in a small world in the car, taking selfies and telling jokes. My husband cleaned up the pictures on his phone and accidentally deleted them all with one click, which made me burst into laughter. I was also very unkind and glad that the two of them took a selfie on the observation deck with my phone instead of his. .

This time I started at 11 o'clock and it was almost 5:30 when I got home. My husband still didn't eat and went straight to work.

Even though he was on the road this time. It is longer than in the scenic area, but I have to say that the scenery along the way is more beautiful than in the scenic area.

In fact, Yongding Tulou is only a few dozen kilometers away from Nanjing Tulou. If you want to see the Tulou, you can arrange five or six days and slow down. Nanxi, Hongkeng, Chuxi, and Nanjing are all Not far apart. Some people may think that earth buildings are just the same thing after seeing too many, just like going to Beijing to see various ancient buildings is the same thing.

But you have to admire the wisdom of the ancients. It is really wisdom.

Some tulou can slowly recover after being cracked by an earthquake. Tulou is a small society, but each family can close its doors and become an independent individual. Every house has a firewall, and there is a thin cement board between the floors of the earth building. Once a fire breaks out and the earth building collapses, the collapsed cement will automatically extinguish the fire. Every earth building pays attention to being close to mountains and rivers. Whether it is the emphasis on the five elements or the considerations of human life, all aspects are taken into consideration. Just watch our tour guide smiling and greeting the residents in the Tulou group along the way. Every Tulou is related to each other and they live in harmony with each other. We help each other in times of difficulty and share blessings. , take care of each other and be close to each other.

And the earth buildings are not just earth buildings. Situated surrounded by green mountains, the scenery is beautiful in its own way throughout the year. Every earth building will have a clear stream, and the place with water is naturally full of spiritual energy. Small bridges, flowing water, round or square earth buildings. Whenever there is a meal, smoke curls up from the kitchen. One group lives peacefully, elegantly and quietly. Especially now that the rice fields have turned yellow, there are golden terraces falling on the green hills, and the terraces surround the antique earth buildings. In front of the earth buildings, there is a clear stream flowing happily all year round. The air is fresh, all kinds of mountain delicacies, free-range chickens, and wild vegetables in the fields. Think about it, it is really a good place to relax body and mind.