Although the residents of the three provinces have language differences, they get along closely and intermarry from generation to generation. Many families in Bailang Street are made up of people from three provinces. Henan women marry Shaanxi, Hubei boys marry Shaanxi girls, and Hubei girls marry Henan, forming a special blood relationship.
1987 With the consent of Jingziguan Town, Xichuan County, Henan Province, Wangjiadian Township, Shangnan County, Shaanxi Province (now Bailang Town, Shaanxi Province) and Yangxi Township, Yunxian County, Hubei Province (now Bailang Town, Hubei Province), a pavilion was set up in the center of Bailang Street. So the pavilion site was chosen on the "Three Provincial Stones". Under the "Three Provincial Stones" is the "Three Provincial Flows" and above it is the "Three Provincial Pavilion". The pavilion in the three provinces is about 3 meters high, and two people can hug each other. When tourists come here, they should put their feet in and step on the stones, which means peace, good luck and eternal happiness.
According to experts' research, there are more than 40 places where the three provinces meet on the Chinese map, but only on this Bailang Street, all three provinces have grass-roots governments: Jingziguan Town, Xichuan County, Henan Province, Bailang Town, Yunxian County, Hubei Province, and Bailang Town, Shangnan County, Shaanxi Province, all about 2 kilometers apart. Jingziguan Town, Henan Province, was called "the barrier of Henan" in ancient times. Bailang Town, Yunxian County, is known as the "gateway to Hubei"; Bailang Town, Shangnan County is the only way to Qin Jin, and it has the reputation of "the throat of Shaanxi". The areas under the jurisdiction of the three provinces crisscross here. The houses on both sides of a small street are connected together, and the residents of the three provinces live next to each other, so it is difficult to distinguish each other.
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Danjiang River flows through Zhulinguan to the southeast, and then enters Shangnan County. 111 miles to Xujiadian, 90 miles to the toilet building, 5 miles to Moon Bay, and then 118 miles to turn out of the fourth largest Bay River to Jingziguan, Xichuan, Neixiang, Xunxian and Laohekou. Wang 990 Li waterway, the mountain is high and the moon is small, to the bottom. There are many ships, all narrow, and few masts are erected. Occasionally, and never sail. Because of the fast current, we only need to steer without paddling, and the canoe crossed Chung Shan Man for half a day. If you take the dry road from Longjuzhai to Xixia, Henan Province, there are ancient customs posts everywhere. Up to now, those places are also called Wuguan, Dalingguan, Shuangshiguan, Majiayi, Linheyi and so on. From Laohekou to Longjuzhai, there are many beaches, including 130! On the cliff by the river, looking down, you will see the stone canal twisted by the fiber rope and the stone nest trampled by the tracker; Although the Zhenheshen Pagoda on the stone skin of the mountain root has almost collapsed by half, or only a pile of bricks and stones is left, the words "flowing far away" on the stone wall are faintly visible in the sunset. On a river, there is Lang Ping Palace in Longju Village on the top and Lang Ping Palace in Jingziguan on the bottom, with the same pure wood structure and the same carved beams and painted buildings. Breaking superstition, although we can no longer see the boat carrying a little white snake, going into Lang Ping Palace to burn incense and kowtowing for three times and six times, in the hearts of frolicking people, Longju Village and Jingziguan are the most sacred places. Those elderly boatmen often touch their big feet with five fingers apart, boasting: I think that in those days, your grandfather and I transported Atractylodes rhizome, Schisandra chinensis, fungus and lacquer oil from Longju village to Jingziguan, and transported fire paper, yellow watch, sugar and sappan wood from Jingziguan to Longju village. What a scene this is! Have you ever been to Longjuzhai? Have you ever been to Jingziguan? Jingzi is on the edge of Shangzhou, but it is bustling!
Jingziguan is indeed the edge of Shangzhou, a bustling place. It seems that all this was made by heaven for Shangzhou. As soon as we entered the customs, the river was very open. Although solitary smoke is rarely seen in Pingchuan field in the evening, the sunset in the long river is unusually round. When I first arrived, the epistemology changed: Shangzhou has such a big flat land! However, Jingziguan and Shanhaiguan in Jiangdong are all from Henan, and the villages in Jiangxi are connected, with vertical and horizontal pipelines, but they have the accent of Henan and Hubei. Only when you get to the street on the south bank of a small river called Bailang at the foot of the mountain can you briefly hear some Shaanxi operas.
This street is called Bailang Street, which is very small. I can't see the other end. When I walked past, I didn't seem to think this was a street. It's just that two rows of houses are relatively open, and all the doors are sealed with boards. The most admired color here is black and white: doors and windows are painted black with earth paint, which is dignified and shiny, like iron doors and steel windows. Everything in the house, from cabinets and boxes to jars and washbasins, is as bright as a mirror. You are alone at home at noon, and you are everywhere at home. When you are rich, you should paint the walls with white plaster. Even if you are poor and cold, the roof should be painted with white ash. This is a symbol that the riverside people believe in the little white snake (white dragon). Whenever the sun rises and the space is blurred, the hut is not clear from a distance, and the patchwork roof clearly presents the equivalent white straight line segment. Insufficient burning of firewood is the achilles heel here. Wood-saving stoves are all over the street. Every household enters the door with a brick double cooker. Thick chimneys, such as herringbone, stand on the stove. The oven door is black and the chimney is white. Black and white are harmonious and unified here, and black and white make bright colors appear here. Even the Bailang River has no waves, not white waves, but people's ideal for this shallow sand river full of black gravel.
The street is very narrow. There are two rows of houses, the one in the north is built along the river bank, and there is a field behind the house in the south, which leads to the foot of the mountain. Counting, this street consists of 42 houses, divided into two, 2 1 building in the north and 2 1 building in the south. The one in the north inclines upward, and the one in the south inclines downward. The street is three steps wide, but there is a small stream in the middle, half with stone sheds and half without sheds. It is bright and silent, and there is no noise at night, only stars and the moon. Nine willows on the street, bent over and twisted, looking coquettish. When the wind blows, thousands of soft branches will hit the wooden door in the north and brush it on the lattice window in the south. The wind direction in the east, west, north and south cannot be judged by the trees in the street. Among the nine willows, weeping willows are the most central, with the most bent waist and the oldest and emptiest heart. Typical combination of thickness, piles like barrels, branches like hair. There is a strange stone under the tree. It hurts both the viewing and the street, but no one can touch it. That's the sign of this street. For major gatherings, this stone is a forum and an important notice. The tree on this stone is a poster, which is a civil dispute. When swearing, you can only stand in front of the stone.
It is this white wave street where Shaanxi, Henan and Hubei provinces intersect and cross, and jiepai is this lost stone. A small stone is as important and sacred as Mount Tai. This grotesque rock rises and falls in a straight line from east to west, with Hubei in the south, Shaanxi in the north and Henan in the north. Because the street is not straight, there is a house in the west of the street, three houses are from Hubei and the yard is from Shaanxi. It is said that before liberation, the borders were clear and people's lives were disorderly. Hubei people live in Shaanxi and give Shaanxi food every year, while Shaanxi people live in Henan and give Henan food every year. Nowadays, people go everywhere, and people who have lived together for generations have to change their places of origin. However, if you check the origin, Shaanxi is the White Wolf Brigade, Henan is the White Wolf Brigade and Hubei is also the White Wolf Brigade. Anyone looking for whitewater XXX will be forced to wither the name of XXX province.
A street is divided into three provinces, and the people in the three provinces are their accommodation, their language and their shops. So less than half a mile away, there are three shops, all buildings. Everyone has a competitive nature, so they all show their abilities and have their own advantages. First, Shaanxi shops demolished houses and built more than a dozen business halls brick by brick. After that, Henan abandoned the old and renovated, and piled up two-story wood and stone buildings; Then there are Hubei people, who suddenly rose to the four-story cement building. Goods are also winners, each with its own advantages and disadvantages. Shaanxi's cotton textile wins the most, Hubei wins with complete department stores, and Henan digs into it, often overwhelming with shortage. Terrain creates a competitive situation, and competition promotes the prosperity of terrain. It is this tiny place that has become the most lively place in this vast Pingchuan area. Every day, people are spinning around here. Forty-two families do business. The doors and windows are fully open, and there are restaurants, inns, hotels, butcher shops and cigarette shops. Those businessmen nearby also set up stalls with baskets. When I was in unknown so, I came to occupy the position, and when it got dark, I came back. Others surround themselves with stones, or don't go out at night, all over the floor. Things that can't be bought elsewhere can be bought here, and things that can't be seen elsewhere can be seen here. The reputation of Little Hong Kong spread like wildfire.
People from three provinces live here together. They are all descendants of the Chinese people and leaders of * * *. However, every province is unwilling to lose its own provincial conditions and stubbornly show its own characteristics. They have different strengths from others, but also have their shortcomings.
There are the most people in Hubei here. There are nine-headed birds in the sky and Hubei guys in the ground. They are kind and clever. The dining room is clean with neat tables and chairs. Even if the family is poor, men's sanitary hats should be white and women's heads should be silky. If the guest looks in a little at the door, he will greet you warmly, introduce the food and help with the luggage. You must go in to eat and drink. It seems that you didn't come to give him money, but to enjoy his blessing. Sit down at a square table, drink tea first, then smoke, and ask about the history of this white wave street. He talked about three dynasties and five dynasties, and Tintin Mao Mao struck the chopping board with a knife. Asked about people in this street, he would say how many men and women there are in the Li family in the east and how many chickens and pigs there are in the Liu family in the west. I can't help boasting that the men here are loyal and the women are beautiful. Perhaps with a cry, Zhang Jun's face leaned out of the window across the hall, saying that her sister was in the window of the county theater and the county photo studio, and her photo was enlarged by two feet. She said that the girl never brushes her teeth, her teeth are whiter than jade and her waist is soft. It's even more ridiculous to ask about the specialties here. It is said that the toilet paper here is easy to blow when eating hookah; It is said that the porcelain plates here are all shipped from Hankou, smooth as glass, so strong that they don't break when they fall to the ground, that is, they break, and shaving with fragments is more beneficial than knives; It is said that the rat poison here has a unique effect. The little mouse ate it and fell down. The big mouse ate it and jumped three times, and finally fell down. He said, take out the goods and sell them on the spot. After dinner, the guests left after eating, with seven or eight dollars left on the table. The host came out with the residual tea and poured it along the door, bowing his head and saying, I'm sorry for my poor care. Their business has actually expanded. They rented land on Jingziguan Wharf Street on the other side of Danjiang River. Although it is still a stall business, the genius speech has made them reap rich profits. It's like their powerful pills, which can cure itching and prevent cancer. People eat the strength of cows, and cows eat the fat of pigs. It seems that contraceptives sold on behalf of others will not have more children as long as they are mixed with water, and dogs will not drink them. A mouth makes them rich, so that their mouths will never suffer. They often hold their rice bowls high with three fingers, hold noodles over their noses and eat them along the street. They are the richest citizens in the three provinces.
Henan people are famous for their ability. They work hard, but they don't want to go home. They are tough but cunning. They depend on mountains for food and water for food. At regular intervals, they gang up in groups, carry seven or eight inner tubes of cars against the current, and buy firewood and tung oil seeds for 50 or 60 miles. Wood is a penny a catty, and tung oil seeds are 40 cents a catty. After all, I ate dry food and drank raw water by the river. Blow round the inner tube with all your strength, and then tie firewood down the river. All day long, their home is on the firewood, with the husband sitting in the front row, the wife sitting in the back row and the children sitting in the middle. In summer, the river overflows and the waves are rough, and three or four firewood rafts can appear one after another. A few people in a family only wear shorts, all of which are copper, shining in the sun and the firewood is up and down. What a style! In spring, the river is gentle, passing through Yaojiawan, Liangjiawan, Majiapu and jiepai Beach, looking at the steep static peaks on both sides, admiring the dense forests on the peaks, the white waves in the middle of the river and the dark pools under the cliffs. When I met the shoal, I jumped into the water to push and pull, anxious. Occasionally hit the rocks and throw the children into the water. The parents didn't panic, and the queue was still going. The child came out of the water in the blink of an eye and jumped into the platoon again. In the most stable place, when the breeze is Xu Lai and the water waves are quiet, the family will lie on their backs, looking at the clouds with the same moire in the sky and the water with the same moire in the ground, and realize that clouds and water are one thing, and only one bird and one fish divide the world. Every time I go to a bay, there are people in it. The woman washing clothes by the river can't help commenting and singing savage and beautiful songs, which makes the women by the river throw stones and curse. They are happy. They took wine out of their pockets and guessed their fists loudly. Some drank 67%, and felt that the cars of senior cadres were no smoother than firewood, and the gods in the sky were no more comfortable than them. Every time there is a ferry in Dawan, there is always a ferry, and no one makes the transition. When the boatman rummaged through his clothes to catch lice, he shouted, Don't let anyone go! The whole river laughed. In the middle of the river in June, the firewood came ashore and went to Jingziguan for auction overnight. Firewood is 20 cents a catty, and tung oil seeds are 50 cents a catty. After three days of hard work, I earned a lot of money, with wine and meat, and after a while I was full of food and drink. As soon as the house is empty, I will go to the mountains by the river. Their food will never be damaged and their strength will never run out. Budget has nothing to do with them, money comes and goes quickly, and their ups and downs make their lives full of joy and sadness.
Shaanxi people have always been in a neutral position because of their inherent style. Diligence is their duty, and conservatism is their character. Poor eloquence, always losing money in business, not used to traveling, only tinkering around the edges. Henan people are not gluttonous for food and drink, but they are cynical when they see their great hardships and tiredness. They are really well-behaved farmers and have been working in the fields for many years. After the land is contracted to households, once the work in the field is finished, the source of pocket money for oil, salt, sauce and vinegar depends on playing some hemp ropes. Walking into every house, there is a rope twisting car at the door. Women sit cross-legged. When they shook the handle in one hand and added grass in the other, the wheel became a virtual circle, and the single straw rope of the shaft expanded wildly. Then the men began to combine ropes in the yard: ten strands of eight strands of single rope were straightened, and the two sides joined forces, and the long rope was dazzling. During the day, the sun jumps on it, at night, the moonlight breaks on it, and then the four strands are combined and thrown all over the floor like a long snake. Give a rope to the national procurement station, and you won't earn a few cents, but they are all broad-minded, fat and long-lived. Henan people and Hubei people ask for advice on fitness methods, and the answers are: if you don't study the market, you will be relieved if you sleep soundly at night; Don't focus on making money; Tea and rice are not good, but eating them in time will naturally make you fat. Henan people and Hubei people naturally despise this way of keeping in good health, but they are very willing to get along with Shaanxi people because they are extremely kind. Most of the trees in front of and behind the street are planted by them, and most of the roads are paved by them. They pay attention to culture. Many young people graduated from high school. They can draw tigers on nave, write couplets on doorframes and play the flute and piano under jathyapple. They are from Shaanxi. They would rather let people lose me than let people lose me.
People in the three provinces are so different, but they are harmoniously unified in this street. Geographical restrictions make it impossible for them to divide hatred. They each safeguard the dignity of the province, but unity and friendship are their common pursuit. A stream on the street is used to build a gate at the east end of the street. Three streams of water are used to drive three waterwheels, one is used by Hubei people to drive the flour mill, the other is used by Henan people to drive the cotton gin and the other is used by Shaanxi people to drive the flour mill. Every summer evening, under the weeping willows on the street, a small table will be set up to play poker. Three provinces sit at a table, and two delegates take turns, but people of all ages in the three provinces look around. Of course, there are losers and winners, friendship comes first and competition comes second. There are festivals every month, the fifteenth day of the first month, the second day of February, the Dragon Boat Festival in May, the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, the eighth day of the twelfth month and New Year's Eve. Shaanxi stores supply eggs to everyone, Hubei stores supply sugar to everyone, and Henan is vermicelli tobacco and alcohol. Tickets are useless here, the back door loses its environment here. Even during the Cultural Revolution, gunshots rang out in all provinces, and this street was calm. When there was chaos in Shaanxi, Shaanxi people ran to Hubei, and when there was chaos in Hubei, Hubei people ran to Henan. Each of them is his own haven and protector. Every woman is good at cooking in each province, but she can cook in two provinces. The children speak authentic local languages, but they are proficient in the dialects of the two provinces. When any house is built, everyone comes to deliver meals. The food delivery person not only delivers food, but also brings meat with meat and raises wine with wine. The newcomer is the master's helper, and the master treats the helper as a guest. A new house will twist people from three provinces together. A girl got married, people from three provinces came to deliver soup, a son got married, and the bride kowtowed along the house in three provinces. There is a Shaanxi native in the street, surnamed Jing, 63 years old, with a long face and eight daughters. Three of the eight daughters were married to Henan, three to Hubei and two to Shaanxi, and they were called governors of the three provinces. Lao Jing began to celebrate his birthday at the age of 58. On his birthday, his daughter and son-in-law all came. The family has different accents, sour, spicy, salty and sweet tastes, and the family is so lively that all three provinces are happy.
A white street has become a street where three provinces meet. They have never met the governors of the three provinces and the county heads of the three counties have never been here, but they are familiar not only with their own provinces, but also with other provinces. There are three newspapers in the street for circulation. A newspaper once published the crime of unhealthy tendencies, and the Qin people scolded the blind? , Chu people scold his mama of, Yu people scold the dog ball; A newspaper published revitalization news, Qin people said Liao, Chu people called beauty, and Henan people shouted. The mountain is high and the emperor is far away, but newspapers bring them close to the policy. Unfortunately, they seldom watch it. Shaanxi people first set up a troupe, Hubei people also participated, and Henan people also participated, performing Shaanxi opera, Henan opera and Han tune. Poor conditions, an erhu plays revenge with blood and tears, an advertisement draws a face to play Liang Qiuyan, and a tofu-wrapped shawl plays to outsmart Weihushan. The bigger the noise, the more modern Quiet Place's drama was performed, and the classical drama Spring Grass Rushed into the Hall was also performed. The stage is by the Bailang River, and people are watching. For a time, the actor became a big shot here. Every new year, couplets are sent here, and everyone sends them to the actors' homes. The sender is solemn, and the sender is more precious. These couplets have been kept for a year. The couplets on both sides of the stage are as big as words. Paste them with red paper first, and then write them directly on the door frame with red paint. On the one hand, one boat crossed the five counties of Danjiang for three days, and on the other hand, there was no wave, and one stone stepped on three provinces. Banners are at a good time and place.
1983.4.3. Xu Jingcun