Dongguan has a long history, outstanding people, beautiful mountains and rivers and simple folk customs. What is worth mentioning is the specialty of Dongguan-litchi, the traditional folk customs, the booming it high-tech industrial manufacturing base-Songshan Lake Science and Technology Industrial Park, and the Silicon Valley of Dongguan.
Litchi, a special fruit.
From the rice sea in Wan Li to the fragrance of fruits in the four seasons, from sugarcane forests to vegetables, from individual free-range farming to modern farms, we have seen the rapid development of agriculture in Dongguan. ...
Dongguan has fertile land and abundant light, heat and water. Coordination is not only beneficial to the development of grain production, but also to the cultivation of cash crops. The conditions for developing agriculture are very superior, and it is known as the "land of plenty and fruit". Litchi and bananas in Guo Jia, Lingnan have long enjoyed a good reputation.
According to the topographic distribution characteristics of Dongguan, it can be roughly divided into four regions: southeast, south-central, northeast and west. The south-central part is dominated by hills, generally below 500 meters above sea level, with small relief, gentle slope and thick soil layer, which is suitable for planting fruit trees. Litchi planting here has a long history and is an important litchi producing area in Dongguan. Taking Dalingshan as the center, glutinous rice paste and cinnamon fruit are all excellent works, which are well-known at home and abroad. Longan, pineapple and wampee are also planted here, which is an important fruit production base in Dongguan.
It is said that there is a village called Jigang Village. A long time ago, there was a poor farmer in the village. The owner's name is Chen Dayuan, the wife's name is Liu Huizhen, and the child's name is Chen Guimei. A family of three lives in poverty. Chen Dayuan often goes out of the village to do odd jobs to make money. Besides doing housework at home, Hui Zhen sometimes grows vegetables in the fields. One day, Huizhen took six-year-old Guimei to cut grass in the field. Guimei is young, chasing butterflies in the shade. Chasing, chasing, unconsciously caught up with the litchi tree of village bully Chen Guixian, and the butterfly flew high and flew on the litchi tree. Guimei looked up and saw the bright red lychees on the tree, so she forgot to chase butterflies and reached out and picked two lychees on the drooping branches.
Just as Chen Guixian (the landlord) passed by the garden, he shouted, "You little thief, how dare you steal my lychee in broad daylight!" " The sound was like a bolt from the blue, which startled Guimei and turned around and ran away. Chen Guixian rushed forward like crazy, grabbed Guimei by the collar with one hand and snatched the litchi back with the other.
Who knows that Guimei clung to litchi and cried desperately: "I want litchi! I want lychee! " Chen Guixian got angry, spread out his palm, slapped Guimei a few times, then grabbed Guimei's chest and pushed him to the ground. Guimei fell on her back and kicked Guixian again. At this time, Guimei's mother arrived at the news. Seeing this, she rushed up, hugged the child in one hand, and cried and apologized to Guixian: "Sir, forgive me for being lax in disciplining the child and stealing your litchi. I'll blame him when I get home. Please calm down. " When Guimei saw her mother, she hugged her tightly. She was surprised and scared, and cried desperately: "I want to eat lychee, I want to eat lychee!" " "The mother saw the child covered in mud and sweat, distressed and pitiful, and gloomily took him home.
The next day, Guimei had a high fever due to shock and was in a coma for a whole day. She doesn't think about tea and rice, and often orders litchi. The couple were very worried and gave him several doses of decoction, but his condition worsened and became more and more serious. Hui Zhen was heartbroken at this scene and said to her husband with tears in her eyes, "Alas, the cause of the child is all caused by eating litchi. Why don't you go to Xiancun to buy some lychees and tell him not to think about it all day, and his condition may get better. " Dayuan followed his wife and bought some lychees from Xiancun. She took them to her son and said, "Look, Mel, mom gave you some big and red lychees."
Guimei listened to the word litchi, slightly opened her eyes, saw a few bright red lychees, smiled, shook her hand, took the lychee and gently put it on her chest. Suddenly, my eyes went black, my hands hung down, my head tilted and I passed away sadly. The Dayuan couple endured their grief, buried their children in a mound in the back hill and put those lychees in the grave.
In the second year in Tomb-Sweeping Day, several litchi seedlings grew in front of children's graves. Dayuan cherished it, carefully dug out litchi seedlings, planted them around the children's graves, and watered and fertilized them. Ten years later, litchi has grown up, and this place has become a small green litchi garden. Litchi trees bloom and bear red litchi fruits. This litchi is not only especially sweet, but also refreshing.
In memory of his son, Dayuan renamed Xiaoli Garden Guimei Garden. Since then, Guimei litchi has come out. As for the later people who wrote Guimei as Guiwei, it may be because the pronunciation of "beauty" and "taste" in local dialects is similar and evolved.
My grandmother is from Dalingshan. She has a litchi forest. Every June and July, when litchi is ripe, my friends and relatives climb the tree to pick litchi to eat. Peel off the red skin of litchi and you can see the crystal clear pulp. Bite it down and a sweet feeling will pass through your heart. After spitting out the shell, I finished eating the pulp. Ah! Delicious!
Traditional folk custom
China's 5,000-year history is like a huge historical and cultural treasure house, which contains cultural crystallization full of wisdom.
There are many colorful cultures and traditional customs in Dongguan, such as the Prostitution Festival in Dongkeng, the Lotus Festival in Qiaotou, the Dragon Boat Festival in Shilong and the Art Festival in Huangjiang, which have attracted many tourists to watch.
The most famous is Dongkeng's "Prostitution Festival". According to the records of Dongkeng Town, Dongkeng's "Prostitution Festival" originated from the phenomenon of "prostitution" (that is, selling labor) in Tangchun Village in the Wanli period of Ming Dynasty. At that time, some young people who didn't have their own fields took to the streets on the second day of the second lunar month, wearing hats and coarse towels as a sign of "selling themselves", waiting for the rich man to hire them. Rich people with fields also came to Tangchun Village on this day to select young adults who sold themselves for a year. Then, there are many "meeting immortals" in this treasure land. Legend has it that immortals in the sky descended to Dongkeng to give alms to all beings on the day of "Prostitution Festival", and went to Dongkeng to watch "Prostitution", to do good deeds and accumulate virtue, and to save all beings in parallel. For example, curly hair and arm grinding, straight, golden hoe, the story of Dong Zi, don't pour sugar, it will clear up when it is cloudy. It's amazing. A fairy really came down to help. As a result, the "Prostitution Festival" spread more and more, and the more it spread, the more magical it became. As a result, on the second day of February, the banks of the river and the wooden bridge were really crowded with people, and merchants from far and near gathered in Dongkeng. Far away provinces, Buddhas, Chens and Dragons all traveled by boat, and even nearby villages came on foot, saying that they wanted to see immortals. This is an unprecedented event. When they left, everyone wanted to buy something to take back, indicating that they had met a fairy and brought back good luck. Since the Ming and Qing dynasties, until now. 1928 The fifteenth and sixteenth issues of Folklore contain Li Jianqing's "A Spot of Dongguan Customs", in which it is said that "poor families from all townships come here with their sons to find employers, and employers from all over the country come here to find their children." If everyone agrees, then the child will go home and work with the employer. Those jobs that employ children are always inseparable from plowing and watching cattle. There is no salary at all except to earn food. At the end of the year, the employer will give him a new suit and a pair of shoes as a reward, so it is called "selling". Prostitutes wear a bamboo hat with "fishgill armor" and a "scarf" on their shoulders (it is a square towel, which can be used to wipe sweat at ordinary times, as shoulder pads when carrying things, to cover their private parts and change clothes when taking a bath in the river, and to be a burden when shopping), and so on. Once the contract is signed, the employer will invite migrant workers to the teahouse for dinner. The farm worker "betrayed" himself and got a down payment. When their work and life settled down, they bought some household necessities and things in the market to celebrate. Similarly, landlords and rich peasants also come to Dongkeng to select suitable employees. They are rich and willing to eat and drink in the market and buy back some farm tools and daily necessities. This is the origin of prostitution festival.
The history and beautiful legend of Dongkeng's "February 2nd Prostitution Festival" fully show that Dongkeng formed this peculiar festival because it has the glory of "farming years".
In Dongkeng, it is known as "Lujiadi, Xiejiatian". A small Qinghe River connected the banks of Hanxi River, which was the traffic artery that ran through the provincial capital at that time. Cargo ships such as Guangzhou, Dongguan, Shilong and Huizhou often go to Dongkeng. Mashi Street in Dongkeng sells sugar piers and becomes agricultural and sideline products. Daily necessities transfer station. Sericulture, cane sugar processing, Gu Mi processing and oil extraction processing have appeared one after another. Especially after summer sowing and summer harvest, there are many crickets fighting on both sides of a river. Its casinos, smoking rooms and prostitutes are all prosperous. Hong Ling, a Cantonese opera star from Guangdong Province and Hong Kong, is close to Dongkeng downtown, singing and dancing, feasting and feasting, and people call it "Little Macau". The specific traffic environment and specific farming needs, wrote a song "the second day of February".
After many vicissitudes, with the changes of the times, the "Prostitution Festival" has not been forgotten by people, but has become more fashionable. Tourists love to shoot water with toy water guns in the street, so it is also called "Water Shooting Festival". People who come on the second day of February hope that on this day, the water in Dongkeng will be sprinkled with good luck and come back with good luck.
There is also the Lotus Festival at the bridgehead:
Dongguan Qiaotou Lotus Festival, attended by Qiaotou Renzhong. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Lotus Lake, with an area of more than 65,438+000 hectares, presented the scenery of "leaves connecting the sky and lotus flowers reflecting different colors". In midsummer, Lotus Lake is full of flowers, singing and laughing, and boatmen are full of interest. Every summer, tourists shuttle around Lianhu Lake. Every winter and spring, the lake overflows and the blue waves ripple. Lotus Lake has become a scenic spot at the bridgehead. When people reach the bridge, they must go to Lianhua Lake. When they see the lotus, they will think of the bridge. Lotus Lake discovered the ice lotus twice, which attracted the attention of Lotus. Lianhu has become a well-known brand at Qiaotou. On June 23rd, 2004, the first Qiaotou Lotus Culture and Art Festival was held.
The bell at the bridge head was a lotus lake with an area of 100 hectares in Ming and Qing dynasties, showing the scene of "leaves connecting the sky and lotus flowers reflecting colors". In midsummer, Lotus Lake is full of flowers, singing and laughing, and boatmen are full of interest.
Located in the center of Qiaotou Town, Lianhu Lake is a famous tourist area in Dongguan and one of the best places to enjoy lotus in Guangdong Province. Lotus Lake, formerly known as Li Antang Lake, is a natural lake and one of the five lakes in Qiaotou area (East Taihu Lake, Lotus Lake, Qianmian Lake, New Lake and Xia Lang Lake). Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, the bridgehead was in a harsh environment of "it didn't rain for three days, but it rained for three days". In order to save themselves, villagers dug lotus roots from other places to plant lakes. Over the past few years, the lotus planting area has grown to thousands of acres. Whenever there are floods and droughts, the villagers feed on lotus roots and lotus seeds. It is said that at that time, the villagers regarded Lianhu as a lifeline, and no one could trample on it. Every summer, people come to enjoy the lotus. Many young men and women paddle boats or pick up seedling pots and hang them among the green lotus leaves, and their laughter ripples in the lotus pond, showing the poetic meaning of "Lotus leaves and skirts are cut in the same color, and hibiscus flowers are open to both sides of the face, but you can't see them when you enter the pool."
After the founding of New China, Qiaotou, like other parts of the country, engaged in farmland capital construction, reclaimed land from lakes, and changed Lianhu into paddy fields. In the early 1990s, Qiaotou Town Government returned farmland to the lake, surrounded a lotus lake with an area of more than 300 mu in the central area of the town, and replanted lotus flowers, thus restoring the beautiful scenery of lotus leaf fields and lotus fragrance. Since then, every summer, Lianhu has been visited by tourists. Every winter and spring, the lake overflows and the blue waves ripple. Lotus Lake has become a scenic spot at the bridgehead. When people reach the bridge, they must go to Lianhua Lake. When they see the lotus, they will think of the bridge. Lotus Lake discovered the ice lotus twice, which attracted the attention of Lotus. Lianhu has become a well-known brand at Qiaotou.
Since the first Qiaotou Lotus Culture and Art Festival was held on June 23, 2004, Dongguan Qiaotou Lotus Culture and Art Festival has been held for seven times. Dongguan Qiaotou Lotus Culture and Art Festival is held in Lianhu Scenic Area and Cultural Square in Qiaotou Town from June 23rd to June 28th for 6 days.
In 2000, Lianhu Park was built with huge investment, and Guan Shanyue was invited to name the park. Painters and calligraphers from other provinces contributed pen and ink to the art museum, and the famous works of lakes and mountains set each other off. With a total area of more than 500,000 square meters, Lianhu Scenic Area consists of 300 mu of Lianhu, classical gatehouse, Songshan sightseeing building, Lotus Pavilion, fitness park, food street, cultural square, lover's road and lake trail. Surrounded by sports centers, hotel services, aristocratic residences and other central areas, it has formed a bright spot of the city with modern architecture and natural scenery and unique European style. In 2006, Qiaotou Town invested RMB 6,543,800,000 yuan to implement the first-phase renovation project of Lianhu Scenic Area, and built lotus viewing promenade, Ailian leisure area, viewing pavilion and other scenic spots, which further improved the cultural taste of Lianhu Scenic Area and enhanced its appreciation.
The architectural style of Lianhu Park is antique and absorbs the essence of Suzhou and Hangzhou gardens. It is mainly composed of classical archways, more than 600 climbing stone steps, mid-level pavilions, winding paths on mountainsides, book galleries and seven-story sightseeing towers. The famous painter Guan Shanyue inscribed the names of "Lianhu Park" and "Songshan Building". On both sides of the gatehouse are lifelike white marble reliefs "Eight Horses" and "Nine Dragons Wall". The book gallery is built along the ridge, including flower-and-bird paintings, landscape paintings, genre paintings and ancient figure paintings. The calligraphy on the wall of the gallery is flying while the dragon flies and the phoenix dances, and the Tang poems are embellished. The whole gallery is full of rich cultural atmosphere.
Songshan Tower stands at the top of Songshan Mountain, 60 meters above sea level. It is octagonal and 38.8 meters high. The handrails around the bottom of the tower are all white marble relief patterns with exquisite craftsmanship. Climb to the top of the tower, and you can have a panoramic view. Since the opening of the park, there has been an endless stream of tourists in the four seasons.
On June 22nd, 2006, the 20th National Lotus Exhibition (sub-venue) and the 3rd Dongguan Qiaotou Lotus Art Festival, sponsored by the Lotus Branch of China Flower Association and jointly undertaken by Dongguan Municipal People's Government, Dongguan Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Film and Television Press and Publication, Dongguan Tourism Bureau and Dongguan Qiaotou Town People's Government, were held in Lianhu Scenic Area. Lotus products from more than 20 provinces and cities in China and more than 80 units from Japanese, Taiwan Province, Hongkong, Macau and other countries and regions gathered in Qiaotou Lianhu. Nearly 400 varieties 10000 pots of lotus flowers, 30 works by famous national painters and painters, and Ma Yuanhao's lotus ink painting exhibition were exhibited all over the country, attracting more than 500,000 tourists from all over the country and at home and abroad.
20 10 On June 23rd, at the opening ceremony of the 7th Qiaotou Lotus Culture and Art Festival, the bridgehead tourism image song "Waiting for you at the bridgehead" left a deep impression on the public. Waiting for you on the bridge at the closing ceremony once again intoxicated the audience through singing and dancing.
"When we meet in the fragrance of lotus flowers, we will wait for you at the romantic and charming bridgehead, go for a walk in the pear garden and go boating in the Lotus Lake to see how many lovers get married." With the singing of the famous singer Zhang Chaori, the touching melody and beautiful lyrics integrate the picturesque scenery at the bridgehead and the beautiful scenery filled with lotus fragrance into the song, which makes the audience fascinated, as if bringing the Buddha to the lotus lake to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the lotus.
The audience commented as follows: This song is very beautiful and poetic, reflecting the beautiful scenery of our bridgehead, picturesque and beautiful.
The manufacturing base of IT industry-Dongguan Silicon Valley-Songshan Lake Science and Technology Industrial Park
From the manufacture of agricultural tools such as hoes, plows and harvesters before the reform and opening up, to the production of primary products such as toys, clothing and plastic products in the early days of the reform and opening up, and now to the production of computers, mobile phones and color picture tubes ... It only took us more than 20 years to develop in western industrial countries for hundreds of years. It, two widely known letters, shows the charm of a modern manufacturing city. ...
From 65438 to 0994, the Dongguan Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government were far-sighted, and put forward the strategic decision of "developing the second industrial revolution, ensuring industrial upgrading and transformation, and promoting economic growth", paying attention to the introduction of high-tech and high-value-added projects such as electronics and electrical appliances. At present, the high-tech production level in Dongguan is relatively high, and some high-precision mechanical parts in the world can be produced in Dongguan. More than 95% of the parts needed to process the whole computer can be equipped in Dongguan. Today, Dongguan's industrial internal structure has changed from clothing, textiles and plastic products to electronics, communication equipment, motors and electronic components, and the production of electronic and communication products has become the pillar of the primary industry. The structure of foreign trade export products has gradually changed from textiles and clothing to electrical products. In 2007, the export of mechanical and electrical products was143.69 billion US dollars, accounting for 72.5% of the total export, and the industrial structure was continuously optimized.
Dongguan City seized the opportunity of the rapid development of global electronic information industry and vigorously guided foreign investment to develop high-tech products with electronic information industry as the core. At present, there are more than 3,300 export-oriented electronic information products manufacturers in Dongguan, with an output value of about 360 billion yuan. Dongguan has become an international electronic information industry base.
After 30 years of exploration and practice of reform and opening up, many towns (districts) have formed their own industrial development characteristics. For example, Humen has developed the textile and clothing industry and become a famous "clothing city" in China, with annual sales of about10 billion yuan. Humen Town has held an international fashion fair every year since 1996. Dongguan vigorously develops the computer information industry, making Dongguan one of the most important manufacturing bases of computer information products in the world. Shilong, Qingxi, Huangjiang, Shijie and other towns (districts) have formed considerable computer production bases. Furniture manufacturing in houjie town and Dalingshan Town, and wool spinning in Dalang Town are all famous.
After the reform and opening up, Dongguan, a land that has been immersed for hundreds of years, is surging with the climax of construction and has made remarkable achievements. It has become a thriving modern manufacturing city and a bright pearl embedded in the land of South Guangdong!
As a citizen of Dongguan, I am proud of Dongguan!
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After the reform and opening up, Dongguan has kept up with the pace and trend of the times.
Dongguan has many special products and unique cultural customs. Through in-depth research, I not only learned about these days with traditional characteristics in Dongguan, but also read my feelings from these days.
In my opinion, we should better inherit these traditional festivals, let them continue, don't forget and lose them, don't be "embezzled" by other countries like the Dragon Boat Festival, but keep them well and increase publicity to impress our future generations. By attracting the attention of foreign tourists, improving their popularity and promoting the economic development of Dongguan, Dongguan will become a well-known cultural brand and trade traditional festivals with modern economic commodities.
As for the newly developed high-tech development zone-Songshan Lake Science and Technology Industrial Park, I think we should increase productivity, improve production quality, support innovation, creation and invention, build a high-tech industrial park belonging to "Dongguan, China", introduce exclusive inventions, creations and patents, and promote Dongguan's economic development with high technology, promote economic development, raise the average income of citizens, and let people living in Dongguan live a carefree and prosperous life.
Discovered by Purple Mountain Observatory of China Academy of Sciences, the nomination was declared and approved by the International Asteroid Center and the International Asteroid Nomenclature Committee. At present, an asteroid with an international number of 3476 is named "Dongguan Star".
Dongguan Star was discovered by Purple Mountain Observatory of China Academy of Sciences on June 28th, 1978+05438. This star is named after Dongguan, a city in the Pearl River valley of Guangdong Province, China, which is called "Land of Fish and Rice". Dongguan is a newly industrialized city with modern architecture and beautiful natural scenery. It is a bright pearl embedded in the Pearl River Delta.
The star of Dongguan symbolizes Dongguan, so that the name of Dongguan can travel in space with asteroids, be immortal, shine with the sun and the moon, and live with heaven and earth!