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Tanghu Village is a remote mountain village, which makes people feel a little distressed. Not because of its location, but because of its administrative jurisdiction. It belongs to Hexi Township, which is called "Siberia" in Yongding County. Hexi Township is really "pitiful", with a permanent population of more than 1, people. Shitangli, where the township is located, is 42 meters above sea level, which is more than twice as high as Yongding Chengguan. A street hanging halfway up the mountain is only tens of meters long, and the width of the street is barely enough to meet two cars; Shops along the street can still be seen in small bungalows before liberation; There are only more than 2 permanent residents on the street. It is such a small town that is "close to the sky and far from the city", which was actually formed by the merger of three communes in that year. I don't know what the decision-makers thought when they chose the three communes to merge here, except for the geographical location. Because another merged commune, Tanghu, is the "center" in terms of transportation, population, economy, culture, education and resources. This village, which is 25 Li away from the location of Hexi Township, has a flat terrain and a low altitude. The population, cultivated land and grain are several times that of Xinan Village, where Hexi Township is located. It is truly the first village in the township. Not only that, Tanghu also has many unique resources that are famous in western Fujian and even the whole country: natural hot springs with a water temperature of more than 6 degrees, the birthplace of 8, descendants of Lai's population in Songyang County all over the country, the birthplace of the first League branch in the Central Soviet Area, the former location of Yongding Normal School, the first minister of the new China Building Materials Industry Department, the hometown of Lai Jifa, the ninth member of the Central Committee of CPC, the birthplace of Lai Weizhou, the former member of the Kuomintang Party Department in Jiangxi Province and the secretary of Chen Lifu. It is such a geomantic treasure-house with rich humanities and abundant resources, but it has been transformed from a rural system into a village system, which has not been paid attention to and developed as it should for decades.
Fortunately, the Tang Lakers are born with an enterprising spirit and hard work. In the 196s and 197s, Tanghu was a famous advanced village in the whole county and even the whole region. Not only did it produce a lot of grain and make great contributions, but it also built eight stone arch bridges one after another by relying on self-reliance, and set up a "nine-year consistent system" school from primary school to high school (I studied in the village school before my sophomore year). More food, more bridges and more schools are typical portrayal of Tanghu Village in those days. This advantage of Tanghu village envied the people in the surrounding villages, and even the county party secretary was willing to put relatives from Fuzhou in the village to settle in line; Going out from my hometown, I worked as Lai Jifa, the minister of the country, and even sent my three sons back to their hometown for exercise. Lai Jirui, the eldest son, worked for more than 1 years, and his deeds also made headlines in China Youth Daily, which shocked the central leadership of that year. Lai Jirui later became the director of Fujian Forestry and the chairman of Fujian Zhongmin Company. He never forgot Tanghu, a native land. He ran around and called for social forces to support the construction of Tanghu old district, helping the village to build a magnificent Tanghu school, a thousand acres of fruit forest farm, a cement road leading to the outside world, and so on. After his death, following his father's wishes, the ashes returned to their homeland.
In the first 1 years of reform and opening-up, because of the lack of information and weak economic foundation, Tanghu people mostly stayed at home to grow grain, and their lives gradually fell behind the county. "If you are poor, you will think about change"! The story of several young people in neighboring villages who made a fortune selling IT wire rods deeply stimulated the hearts of the villagers, so they went out of their homes and made a living in the IT industry. They have traveled all over the country in large and medium-sized cities, so that they can often hear "Tanghu dialect" with special tones in computer cities in Beijing, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. This group of mud-legged people who went directly into the city from the field stalk touched countless merchants and buyers with the unique kindness, honesty and diligence and simplicity of Tang Laker, and soon gained a firm foothold in various cities and became the masters of the computer city. Their entrepreneurial stories are touching, and their accumulated wealth is also increasing dramatically. Nowadays, millionaires abound in the village, including tens of millions. More houses, more cars and more roads have become the new "three more" in Tanghu Village. During the Chinese New Year, bosses, big and small, drive Mercedes-Benz, BMW and other vehicles from all over the world to Tanghu, often blocking the small village road. Not only that, rows and rows of new houses make the small mountain village "airtight". According to statistics, the village * * * has built more than 6 new houses, with an average of one for every five people; Among them, there are many high-grade villas with trendy design and exquisite decoration. The building craze has also led to the road craze. Village cadres try their best to raise funds to lead villagers to build and rebuild roads. Now, the whole village has formed two closed-loop traffic networks; The road leading to the outside world has also been built into a four-lane thoroughfare. The improvement of living standards has also led to the literary upsurge of men and women in the village. At present, there are three waist drum teams in the village all the year round. Every Spring Festival, basketball, table tennis, tug-of-war, waist drum and boat lantern competitions or performances are really lively, and they are called "Rural Spring Festival Evening" by city and county TV stations.
If the ever-changing changes in Tanghu Village are worthy of admiration, the simple folk customs, hospitable etiquette, coveted food and harmonious ethnic groups here are well-known and convincing. There are two surnames in Tanghu's population of 312, of which Lai and Wu account for about 8% and 2% respectively. But for hundreds of years, there has never been a dispute over surnames. Every time one of the clansmen has a big party, the other clansman will send a blessing and a gift. In recent elections for the secretary of the village party branch, the winners are all Wu Fusheng, who has a "little surname", and they are all elected with full votes every time. This is in sharp contrast to the strange phenomena such as "fighting to death" and "invalid elections" that often occur in several administrative villages around.
"Food is the most important thing for the people". The soup Lakers are famous for their good food and daring to eat. In the sixties and seventies of last century, the surrounding villages were often hungry because of more people and less fields, but Tanghu was relatively able to fill its belly because of more arable land per capita. I don't panic when I have food in my hand, so there are more pigs and cows, more chickens and ducks, and the brewed wine is also recognized as the strongest. Visiting relatives and friends, holding a pot of wine and slaughtering a chicken or duck is a "standard" for ordinary people. At that time, girls in neighboring villages all liked to marry in Tanghu, and girls who married from Tanghu often asked for a lower engagement fee than other villages. Up to now, life has been better, and the hospitable nature of the Lakers has not changed. Rich people treat guests, not killing ducks, but killing pigs and cows.
Most of the delicious food in Tanghu can't be named. But it will be memorable. The reason is: authentic, authentic! Before the 198s, Tang Laker's cooking used almost no other condiments except oil and salt, even soy sauce and monosodium glutamate, but the color, fragrance and taste extracted from the fields, firewood, large iron pots and hands were unparalleled and refined. This green, primitive and authentic cooking method has continued to this day, and it has just become a "living fossil" of the popular returning to basics.
Hao is delicious. Tanghu tip culture conveys the infinite warmth and golden kindness of mountain people.
Time is always inadvertently, rewarding the land of accumulated goodness with beauty and hope. In recent years, Tanghu Village is like a peach blossom that heralds spring. In the new era of reform and opening up, it reveals intoxicating warmth and floral fragrance. "Yongding's First Top Ten beautiful countryside", "National Demonstration Village for Poverty Alleviation through Tourism", "National Advanced Village for Rural Tourism" and "China Rural Rich Leader (Wu Fusheng)", and so on, one honor after another, bringing surprises to the hardworking and simple Tang Laker again and again.
"If you are in full bloom, butterflies will come". Tanghu Hot Spring, known as the first spring in western Fujian, is a gift from heaven to Tanghu Lakers. For thousands of years, except bathing and irrigation, this warm soup, which is as expensive as ointment, has been lost in vain. Fortunately, some people have an eye for pearls and a treasure. Mr. Xiong Youxiong, an overseas Chinese living in Thailand and the world crocodile king, was moved by this landscape under the persistent retention of the local government and local sage Lai Hongwen, and joined hands with China Ocean Aviation Group to plan to invest 1 billion yuan to build this place into a world crocodile breeding and tourism resort. In a few years' time, Tanghu will embrace and welcome guests from all corners of the country.
not only that, the 8-year-old tomb of Chao Meigong, the ancestor of Lai's family, and the "Lai's Family Temple" inscribed by Chen Lifu, a veteran of the Kuomintang, welcome thousands of descendants from all over the world to worship their ancestors or relatives in the province every year. Tanghu Village has suddenly become an important birthplace of Lai's family in China, with Tanghu in the north and Tanghu in the south. Last year, with the efforts of a group of warm-blooded rural sages, donations were raised from all over the country, and magnificent group flag sculptures, magnificent stone arches, ancestral pavilions, walking trails around and ancestor statues were built, adding endless charm to the beautiful mountain village.
"is like a spring gale, come up in the night, blowing open the petals of ten thousand pear trees", Tang Laker's sincerity and persistence can touch the eight barren clansmen thousands of miles away. Lai Songgu, president of the World Lai's General Association and grandson of Tanghu, and many other celebrities, such as Lai Hua, Baifu, Jiagang, Jiandong, Changhai, Daoqian, Mangu, Jintu, etc., were moved by the landscape of Tanghu and the blood relationship of their ancestral home, and donated millions of yuan overnight. * * * Together, they planned to build a first-class Lai's temple. In the near future, a colorful new Lai family temple will rise on the lotus throne on Tanghu Dam surrounded by water on three sides.
"At sunrise, the river is more red than fire, and in spring, the river is as green as blue". The spring in Tanghu Lake is so beautiful that it never ends.
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May 15th, 219