A pot of orchids, a cage of thrushes, cooking with one hand, the exquisite attitude of an authentic Miss Xiguan (that is, a rich woman).
There is a saying in Guangzhou called "Master Dongshan, Miss Xiguan", which means that Dongshan is a settlement of powerful people, mostly bureaucratic children, who are arrogant and domineering; Xiguan is a prosperous business district. A young lady from a wealthy family dances like a butterfly and parades in the city. Garden-style houses and xiguan big house, power and wealth, modernity and tradition are the two legs that support this society.
At that time, I was still very particular about the opinions of the portal. Most of the ladies in Xiguan are attracted by Master Dongshan, who are mostly ladies in Xiguan. Their dating places are mostly on the Pearl River Bridge, dating. To this day, people can't forget the pictures they love. Xiguan customs are the result of the collision between traditional culture and foreign culture. Whether it is sparks or blood and tears, it will bring great joy and sorrow to this city, whether it is good or bad, it is extraordinary.
As far as Xiguan is concerned, there is no amorous feelings without wealth. At that time, some Xiguan businessmen used to be "rich". Although they were not sealed, their luxurious life was too luxurious for the prince. However, the traditional feudal system has a distinct social hierarchy, and businessmen have always been looked down upon by the ruling class and scholars. Even if they become rich in business, they are regarded as "rich and heartless" in society. By the end of the Qing Dynasty, the west wind was spreading eastward, and the emerging comprador class and national bourgeoisie rose and gradually formed their strength. In addition, in the late Qing Dynasty, officials could be bought with money, and wealthy businessmen donated an alternate magistrate of a county or an alternate platform, so they had social status. Since then, the rich in Xiguan have turned against the humble and caring attitude of the traditional rich, showing rudeness and publicity everywhere in social life. Unfortunately, there are not many written records of Xiguan customs, and their stories are mostly spread among the people. Because these customs often show corruption and extravagance, the deeds handed down are often criticized and ridiculed.
Servant of the rich
In the traditional feudal society, only the scholar-bureaucrat class could keep slaves and raise servants, but when Xiguan merchants became rich, they broke through the shackles of feudal tradition and kept a large number of male and female slaves. According to the data, some wealthy businessmen "have a family of ten, and there are more than 100 slaves", with various names and distinct grades. Male slaves include: housekeeper, cashier, concierge, nursing home, Kao, handyman, bearers, etc. Female slaves include: mother, elder sister, maid-in-waiting, elder sister, and handmaid. These slaves did their jobs and served different members of the aristocratic family.
A luxurious life
In the family, except for a few men who do business in society to make money, other family members have nothing to do, either fighting for power and profit at home, being jealous or making trouble in society. In order to gain prestige, the rich often have nothing to do, and make a fuss about small things. The big family is related to society. So the rich people in Xiguan have happy events all the year round. Birthdays of old people, old ladies, gentlemen, young men, ladies and so on are all ostentatious programs of these rich families. As for weddings, funerals and weddings, this is a big problem in society. So some rich families have hundreds of slaves, but once something happens at home, they have to hire a large number of servants in society. The grand family affairs of Xiguan Fujia are constant all the year round, so there are various professional service teams in the society.
1. The most important thing is the party team.
2. mourn the professional team.
3. Hold a festival etiquette team for the rich. Xiguan nursery rhymes
There used to be many interesting nursery rhymes in Xiguan, but because of the changes of the times, many of them have been forgotten, which is a pity, so I posted some so that those who are interested in Xiguan culture will not have regrets. Remember to read in Cantonese when reading.
Bite cane whiskers:
When biting sugarcane whiskers, put a coat on the hair. Short hair loses, long hair wins, and hair doesn't count.
Fight orange:
Open the orange and count the stones inside. If there are more stones on one side, you win. If you are not allowed to be lazy, you will shrink your bones.
Pat a moustache:
Take a beard, sing a folk song, everyone is talking about my wife, digging her heart to marry back, having money to marry a Jiao Jiao woman, having money to marry a beancurd woman, eating a lot of rice, urinating and rushing into the sea, and farting.
Dangzhuan
Turn around, chrysanthemum balls, fried rice cakes, glutinous rice balls, grandma calls me dragon boat, I don't care, I care about chickens,
The chicken is very big. How much is a pile? Sold for 365 cents.
Speculation is heavy:
It's a heavy scissors, a heavy bag and a heavy glutinous rice barbecue bag. The mouse doesn't eat chewing gum, but wants to eat bean paste buns.
Base camp:
Prepare first, bury second, open third, arrive fourth, and keep your promise.
Catch a thief:
Refers to soldiers, thieves, soldiers and thieves.
Finger estimation:
If you estimate your fingers, you should estimate them in the middle. It's useless if the edge is not in the middle. You'll see a hole in the trouser leg.
Spot bug:
Click the bug, the bug flies and flies to the litchi base. The litchi is ripe, and the room is full of red and mosquitoes.
Riding Niu Niu:
Ride Niu Niu, Niu Niu, and turn around before the bull rings. If you turn around, hit pomelo.
Pearl:
Big-eyed chicken, salted fish head, you pee and don't wash your hands.
Gollum Gollum:
Gollum Gollum 1, Gollum Gollum 2, Gollum Gollum 3, prepare to fire at the enemy!
Jumping rubber band:
/kloc-Dong Cunrui, 0/8 years old, died for his country, bombed the fort, and the whole country cried.
Lu Tongxian:
Lu Tongxian, playing with copper coins, depends on the vision of the hand to change, ringing copper coins to be immortal.
Play with clay guns:
The mud gun will ring, so don't put the gun on the battlefield.
Eagle:
Folding machine, Ma Ying flies around, flying around without landing, and Ma Ying has a tail.
Toes:
Knock, peck, sour ginger, your grandmother, foot-binding mother.
Crappy. Crappy:
Jump up and down like a sparrow.
Cramp:
Lame, lame, lame, no food to cook, no mud to cook, no house to live in, ghosts on the stairs, scared you to fall under the bed.
Top palm:
Hold out your hand and palm it, and the dead will be hard. The whistle is like a cat.
Split friends:
Break up friends, break up friends, go, go, good world, touch it, Brother Nose.
Zhanyuan:
The battle was far away from the stone head. Because the stone was cut by the microphone, it was the least eye-catching and difficult to shed tears.
Take a brick:
Throw a brick, have a big fight, and go to the west gate one by one, splashing and splashing.
Fishing:
Flower towels are really attractive, fishing at the base is very enjoyable, one hand in your pocket is lucky, and thousands of prayers make you dizzy.
Stork pond tail (dragonfly)
Fly to the end of the pond, fly to the end of the pond, fly to the vegetable base. There is a snake in the field base, which scared your two sons.
Cooking boy:
When cooking, first drop the rice and align the matches in the air oven. I am a mosquito.
Defeat the messenger:
One person rides a wildebeest, two people ride a pig, burying their heads in three steps and hitting their faces.
Hit the pepper:
Red pepper, green pepper, you are usually shy, but today you don't have the courage to flirt with me.
Put a fart:
The ghost told you to be greedy, smelled my fart and put it in your nose. I want you to pay back 224.
Taste the bottom:
Taste the bottom of the water, touch the sediment, touch the sediment as a beetle, but you can't touch your brother.
Bottom of drill floor:
Short-lived Chen Degui had a ghost under his bed, which scared him to drill under the platform.
Pull the big cable:
One, two, three, three, two, one, the fat woman jumps first!
"Snow" slide:
Mosquitoes, slippery snow, fall down because of living, imitate Chen Degui, and have a runny nose all day.
It is difficult to kiss a grapefruit.
Step across the ladder:
Cross the ladder, the shrimp is short, and people cross the west in the cloud. Not afraid of expensive rice, but afraid of short rice.
Make a splash:
Li Kui jy with black face, Guan Gong with red face, basking in dragons in the water margin of the Three Kingdoms, and defeating the heroes of the Qing army.
Play chess:
Playing chess, relying on eye droppings, depends on vision and skill, and it is difficult to make mistakes.
Draw a turtle:
Beggar, draw a turtle, and everyone will make a mess. What will happen in the end? ? Personal loser!
The origin of Xiguan:
Many cities have the name Xiguan. The name of this place is related to this ancient city. According to Xinhua Dictionary, "Chengguan: refers to the area outside the city near the city gate." Since the Ming Dynasty, the western wall of the ancient city of Guangzhou has been built along Renmin Road, so the Liwan District in the west of Guangzhou is called "Xiguan". Since the Ming Dynasty, there have been many records about Xiguan in official documents and folk documents. Such as Luo's "Guangdong and Taiwan Zheng" describes: "Outside the western suburbs of Yangcheng, its land is called Xiyuan, commonly known as Xiguan." The garrison stationed in Xiguan in Qing Dynasty was called "Xiguan flood". "Nanhai County Records" more clearly describes: "Outside the Taiping Gate, it is called Xiguan." During the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, the strict definition of Xiguan only refers to Shangxiguan (now the textile industrial zone around Jinhua and Jinlong Street) and Xiaxiguan (now the bustling commercial areas around Shangxiajiu, Shibafu, Xiang Yang and Shisanhang and the residential areas in xiguan big house), excluding the areas around Xicun, Pantang and Nan 'an that used to be rural areas. But today, the extension of Xiguan can include the whole Liwan District. White swan pool
White Swan Pool is located in the southwest of Liwan District. According to legend, in the 14th year of Ming Dynasty (1449), Huang Xiaoyang led the peasant uprising in the Pearl River Delta. The insurgents attacked Zhou Ke Group and won many victories. When the warship arrived at today's White Swan Pond, a white goose suddenly appeared on the river, leading the warship of the rebel army to move forward quickly and head for Guangzhou. Later, the uprising army was suppressed by the Ming Dynasty, and Huang Xiao's troops were defeated and retreated to the White Swan Pond. At the moment when there was no way to go, the white goose suddenly swam from the middle of the river, flapping its wings, shouldering Huang Xiao's wings and flying to the middle of the river until it disappeared. Since then, this place has left the beautiful name of White Swan Pool.
Shishi roars
Chenjia Temple, located on Zhongshan No.7 Road, is a famous ancient building in Guangdong. There are two large stone lions on both sides of the temple gate, and the lion's mouth contains a rotatable stone ball. According to legend, during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, there were ponds and pools in Chenjiaci Fujian. One year, when a flood disaster occurred, the water level kept rising, people's houses collapsed and some people died. In the middle of the night, the stone lion in front of the temple gave a roar, and the flood all subsided the next morning. Since then, there has never been a flood in Chenjiaci area. People say that Shishi drinks all the water, so they regard Shishi as a sacred lion and say it has a good omen.
Dongshenfang
There is a street near Jinlong East Road called Dongshenfang. According to legend, there was a scholar named Chen in Qing Dynasty who married Mai, who was very virtuous. Zhao Ting was unhappy all day because he failed again and again. One day, Mai dreamed of an old man. The old man told her that life would be better after giving birth to a child and told her to do more good deeds. Soon Mai gave birth to a son, who was quiet and clever, so he was named Knowing God, which means understanding the meaning of God. Later, when Zhao Ting died, he knew that God had grown up and went to Beijing to take the senior high school entrance examination. From then on, Mai sent fans and tea in summer and clothes and quilts in winter. Neighbors all call Maxwell a good man. One night, Mai dreamed of the old man again. The old man taught a secret recipe for treating neck diseases. Mother and son prepared plaster according to the prescription and cured many patients. After knowing that God is dead, people say that he has become a fairy.
Note: In order to commemorate the good deeds done by the mother and son who knew God, the place where he lived was called Cave God Square (the homonym of knowing).
Supporting mechanism stone
At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, a large number of silk weaving rooms gathered in Shangxiguan area (now north of Jinlong Road). There is a small pit under the loom in the machine room to hang the machine stone. According to legend, when Zhang Qian went to the Western Regions in the Han Dynasty, he arrived at the Moon Palace by fairy tea one day, and saw that Seven Sisters, the secret of the Moon Palace, was weaving a brocade, which was colorful and dazzling and never seen by the world, so he asked the fairy for advice. Before leaving, the fairy took out a supporting stone and gave it to Zhang Qian, saying that with this gem supporting loom, she could weave all kinds of silks and satins at will. Zhang Qian was very grateful and brought it back to the people. From then on, the world can also weave beautiful brocade, including colorful brocade, gold and silver thread brocade ... colorful, gorgeous and moving, so Zhang Qian is regarded as the ancestor of the computer room, and hanging machine stones under the loom has gradually become a tradition.
Li Wentian
Li Wentian was the right assistant minister of the Qing Dynasty. Before he explored flowers, he had an interesting legend. In the ninth year of Xianfeng in Qing Dynasty (1859), Li Wentian went to Beijing to try his way and asked God to sign it at the Guandi Temple in Beijing. Qian Yun's name is outside Sun Shan, so I think it's a bad omen. I'm listless all day. Another colleague from Guangdong asked him why, and Li replied: What I want is a sign of' the name is outside', and I think this theme is undoubtedly the first one. The man smiled. His name was beyond Sun Shan. Maybe Sun is right in front of you, so why are you worried? In palace examination, Sun Jianai is the first, Sun Nianzu is the second, and Li Wentian is just outside Sun Shan. Based on the emotional story of Ms. Liang, the last Miss Xiguan in Guangzhou before 18 years old, the film shows Xiguan culture with Guangzhou characteristics.
Singer: Chen Yipeng
Lyrics: Huang Huang
Lyrics:
Black rain in early spring, hitting the window.
Sitting alone, hand in hand, making incense.
Flying geese resting in the south are far away in the north.
Sunset Stone Street was silent.
She tied her hair in a bun.
Zhubulina
The hollow branches are wrapped around the window (note: "sour branches" are the characteristic wood of Xiguan, which is used to make furniture such as tables, chairs, doors and windows. )
Whose is that light silk dress in your hand?
Sigh at the skylight (note: "skylight" is a small transparent glass tile on the roof)
Begging for cleverness is a traditional festival in Xiguan, which has continued until now.
Jade pipa sang a song, but no one listened.
The breeze also walked away without understanding the amorous feelings.
The fragrance she took away, I don't know where she went.
Opening a collection of poems will only increase sadness.
Tears diluted Dai Dai's brow.
No one can share joys and sorrows.
She went to the East in a wedding dress.
How can you lock the TV series West Wind and Cloud in the crossbar?
Storm Xiguan is a TV series that reflects the different fates of four young people in Xiguan at the end of the Republic of China. It is full of turmoil and great changes. The story is set in Xiguan, the most representative and local city of that era, which reflects the confusion and choice of a generation of young people in that era in a point-to-point way. It was released in 2005, starring Sun Li and Chen Kun.