Qiu Yun's Neutralization Culture

Qiu Yungu, called Beiding in ancient times, is located in the north of yujiang county. It is the astronomical basis for the ancients to determine the north and south, divide the four seasons and divide the calendar into sections. It is an almanac that people do not go against the agricultural season, conform to the laws of nature, and live in harmony with heaven and earth. The original intention of harmony is to witness the harmony between ancient astronomers and the development of agricultural production. The image of ghost and snake hugging is the god of heaven and earth reproduction, symbolizing the spirit of heaven and earth, while the hug of men and women is like an idol of heaven and man's induction and unity. Folk fossils of neutralization culture. It is the duty of every cultural and cultural relic worker to interpret historical heritage from the perspective of historical materialism.

Qiu Yun is known as the first scenic spot and the most beautiful mountain peak in history. There are lush trees in spring and dense forests in summer. In winter, it is Danran in Qiu Feng, and in winter, it is Ao Shuang. There are fragrant flowers and flowing water in all seasons, and Buddhist temples and Taoist palaces built on mountains. Fold it five times, and lose it. Under the shadow of Yun Biao, the moon shines brightly. Feather streams gradually disappear in the morning and evening, and bells ring. Every year in February and March, as the guests move away, the fans of Feather Stream drive on the road. It is a masterpiece of harmonious coexistence between man and nature and a model of perfect combination of human landscape and natural landscape. However, since the Japanese invaders invaded China, historical sites have been destroyed by man-made disasters. Castle Peak has been exposed on bones, rivers have been cut off, valleys have been covered with coal dust, fertile fields have been occupied by coke ovens, and there have been nine droughts in ten years, which has become an unbearable sight. How to improve people's awareness of environmental protection, keep people in ecological balance, avoid eating ancestral meals and benefit for thousands of years, and publicize the idea of neutralization by holding cultural festivals, improve the awareness of neutralization, and entertain and educate should be an effective form.

Peace, democracy, unity, reconciliation, friendship and national peace are the mainstream of world development, and national unity and national unity are the common aspirations of the people of the whole country. It also neutralizes the inheritance and development of cultural spirit.

Carry forward the national cultural heritage and inherit the excellent cultural traditions. Rebuilding the new relationship between man and nature, promoting social civilization and economic prosperity, and opening the way for the future of Xiangning are the historical tasks entrusted to every Hubei son and daughter by the party and the people. This is the purpose and significance of holding the Zhonghe Cultural Festival. Qiuyun Mountain has beautiful scenery, pleasant climate, profound culture and a long history. Specifically, it has the following characteristics.

First of all, ancient. The connotation of neutralization culture in Qiuyun Mountain can be traced back to Xia Dynasty. According to legend, thousands of years ago, Qiu Yun was a sacred mountain for the pilgrimage of Xia people. Until now, people still climb the mountain which is usually called Ding Chao. At the same time, Qiu Yun is also a sacred place for reproductive worship of Xia people. Every year, the mountain gate is opened on the first day of February and closed on the first day of March. In mid-spring, men and women will meet, so people can't help running. People are like weaving. It is not only beneficial to the reproduction of population, but also related to the richness of crops and the reproduction of animals. Commonly known as wild mating or wild, it is actually a tail of group marriage and disorderly marriage in the transition period from matriarchal society to paternal society. Today, in addition to the worship of natural reproduction such as pagodas and seamed cliffs, there are ancient customs such as flogging, flower baskets and touching dolls as evidence.

The second is uniqueness. As for the origin of Zhonghe Festival, Li Zhouguan Chun Zongbo said: When the witch is in her palm, she cuts off and takes a bath, which is the earliest related content. Up to now, the Sino-Japanese Festival in Qiu Yun still retains this form. The fifth year of Zhenyuan in Tang Dynasty (790) was designated as the Zhonghe Festival in Ming Dynasty. On the 11th day of the first month of this year, Emperor Dezong said: ... I thought it would happen in spring, when the moon was in the middle and heaven and earth were in harmony, so that it could show its glory and prosperity in spring. From now on, February 1 day will be the Zhonghe Festival. Japanese people give each other fruits and seeds packed in green bags, which is called "offering children" ... Guan Bai enters the agricultural manual and instructs the service manual. It can be seen that its activities have many connections with the heyday of Xia Dynasty, which is also the fundamental reason why Qiu Yun Zhonghe Festival continues to this day. However, according to many historical records, the activities of the Zhonghe Festival were not held after the Tang Dynasty, and later generations confused it with the dragon rising on February 2. Some people call it Qinglong Festival, and I'm afraid Qiu Yun is the only place that has really preserved the custom of Zhonghe Festival so far. Therefore, we say that Qiu Yun is not only a living fossil of ancient sacrifice and reproductive worship, but also a living fossil of Zhonghe Festival.

Third, inclusiveness. Qiu Yun's Zhonghe Festival has continued to this day, and its integration of ancient and modern times is particularly important. Throughout the contents of today's Zhonghe Festival, there are not only sacrifices to heaven, carnival for men and women and reproductive worship in ancient times, but also the contents of Zhonghe Festival in Tang Dynasty, such as harmony between heaven and earth and praying for agricultural prosperity. At the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty, the integration of Taoism injected fresh blood into its development and prosperity. Sacrifices of folk common gods, such as sending children to the queen, the land, the jade emperor, etc., make them more acceptable to the people, and the unity of the three religions can also be reflected. Today, it even incorporates the worship of fighting the chariot of death. It can be said that the Zhonghe Festival in Qiu Yun is like an endless river, from ancient times to the present. Along the way, absorb all the way, give orders in time, satisfy people's hearts, accept everything, tolerate everything and be immortal.

Fourth, extensiveness. The prosperity of a folk culture festival for thousands of years must come from the extensive participation of the people. Historically, the Sino-Japanese Festival in Qiu Yun has been held in Sifang every year. Although Xinjiang, Xiangning, Jishan, Hejin, Wanrong and Yuncheng are the main counties and cities in the south of Shanxi, people in the northwest of Henan and the east of Shaanxi are also travel-stained and come from afar. Especially in recent ten years, Xiangning county party committee and county government have devoted themselves to development and widely publicized. The name of Qiu Yunyun and Jie has spread. On February 15 every year, people worship the sacred mountain, and people linger in the mountains and rivers in an endless stream, with traffic jams and mountains full of valleys. The research covers the central area of Xia people's activities, which shows that the statement that Xia people face up is not false. We believe that with the promotion of the government and the participation of the people, the excellent traditional cultural festival of the Chinese nation-Qiuyun Yunhe Festival will be carried forward day by day. The nation has people's feelings and customs. The following are the local traditional festivals and customs in Qiu Yun for readers.

Let's start with the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month. The whole Chinese nation calls the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month off-year, and the area around Qiu Yun is no exception. Twenty-three master (ya) went to heaven, and his daughter-in-law did not return to the mast. This means that all the gods worshiped at home will go to heaven before 23rd, and they will explain to the Jade Emperor how to arrange for his family next year. Generally speaking, the new wife who lives in her parents' house will return to the man's house to do housework, such as grinding noodles and steaming steamed buns, before the 23rd to prepare for the New Year. On the evening of 23rd, the sacrifices placed in front of the statue included honeydew melons and pasta, which were branded into oval shapes and cut into the shape of flag flowers with a knife. Then he raised five sticks of incense, burned five pieces of watch paper, offered three cups of wine, and sent away God to speak well.

After the age of 23, families can sweep the floor and clean up. Then there are ground noodles, grinding bean curd, steamed jujube buns, jujube hill buns and longevity peaches. In mountainous areas, there is also a saying that people go to a birthday party to celebrate the full moon, that is, ask who has a child or is in the same place (30, 40, 50, 60 ...). Each family will automatically take some gifts to celebrate without the other party's notice. Except for a pomegranate-shaped bun steamed at the age of 30, peaches over 40 are birthday peaches. Send it to relatives in the first month.

There are many foods that can be fried. Oil cake, oil ellipse, twist, hemp leaf, meatball, tofu, sweet potato, etc. In recent years, due to the improvement of living standards, families with roast chicken, grilled fish, roasted chicken legs and red meat abound.

Hua Mo is a specialty of Qiu Yun. It is made of white flour fermented by yeast and then pressed into a round oval shape by hand. Generally, you don't need to press with a rolling pin. Gently cut it into square or flag marks with a knife, and then put it on a hot pit to weaken it. It is necessary to master the process of weakening, and over-expansion or under-expansion is not good. In short, when it is hot, it will naturally expand in the oil pan. Therefore, frying steamed bread is a highly technical job. The rounder the drum, the better the family's luck this year. No one has enough to eat or no one at all, which indicates that this year's luck may be very bad.

There is still a big task before the 30th anniversary, which is to go to the market at the foot of the mountain to buy new year's goods. I remember when I was a child, I went to the market for the New Year. Every household only bought 2 Jin of cooking oil, weighed 1 Jin of vermicelli, and bought two cabbages to pass the year. The clothes we wear are all cotton wool knitted by our mother, so it's good to wear one. No matter adults or children, there are several pairs of shoes and socks. In addition to preparing food at home, hairtail, shrimp, fungus, peanuts, beef, pig's head meat, jellyfish and sausages should be bought in the market. In any case, each family usually hosts nine courses for relatives. Then I had a hot pot. The hot pot is heated with charcoal fire, and the bottom of the pot is filled with kelp and cabbage. The middle layer is fried tofu, white tofu and fried meatballs; There is a circle of braised pork upstairs.

By the 30 th of the year, the atmosphere of the New Year will be very strong. Every household cleans the yard, puts up couplets, cleans the glass and hangs red lanterns. This woman prepares jiaozi with meat stuffing at home, including beef, pork, mutton, leek and eggs. The man went up the mountain to chop cypress leaves to dig a knot in one's heart, and then cut the knot into small pieces to prepare for the bonfire in the morning.

In the evening, the family ate jiaozi and watched the Spring Festival Gala. No matter how many New Year's Eve dinners you make, you must also leave it, which means that you have more than one year. There is still 30 years old in the local area. The longer someone keeps it, the longer this person will live. In addition, children are not allowed to fight, swear or swear. In any case, all behaviors should be standardized, which means that all the gods in the family will come to earth, and the whole family must wait carefully without any ambiguity in order to get good luck.

In the past, it was about 4: 00 to 5: 00 in the morning. It is said that the early home will be prosperous in the coming year. In recent years, most families began to accept gods at twelve o'clock, and they didn't make sacrifices until the early hours of the morning after they came back.

In the process of receiving god, the door gun is fired first. After getting dressed, the door didn't open and a cannon was fired at the door. If guns are loud, then this year's luck is smooth. If the guns don't ring, it means bad luck this year. And then sacrifice to god. You should wash your hands and face before offering sacrifices to God. Don't let the water splash on the ground when washing your face, or you will hire someone to work at home next year and love the rain.

The order of offering sacrifices to the gods is heaven and earth first, and their tablets are: heaven, earth, three realms, all souls, and the throne of the earth god. These two gods are generally enshrined in the north of the courtyard, with the sky on the left and the earth on the right. Later, he offered himself as a god in his family. They are the gods of the whole hall, the god of wealth, the kitchen god, the door god and the ancestors of our family.

Offer candles first, then incense, and then offerings, including fruits, cakes, jujube flowers and steamed bread. Finally, burn paper and bake bread. Before God are five sticks of incense, five pieces of yellow paper and three cups of white wine. There are four sticks of incense, five pieces of colored paper and two glasses of wine in front of the ancestral hall. The whole family worshiped God in the first nine days and the ancestral hall in the first four days. Worship incense three times in the morning, once in the afternoon, once in the afternoon on the second, third and fourth days, and once in the morning and evening on the fifth day.

On the first day, light a bonfire before offering sacrifices to the gods. The bonfire burned red. The thicker the smoke of cypress leaves, the louder the crack, and the more auspicious it will be. It is said that lighting a bonfire can exorcise evil spirits. At the same time as the ignition, the whip also sounded, which pushed the atmosphere of the New Year to a climax.

After the sacrifice, bake some steamed buns and jujube flowers by the campfire, and everyone in the whole family will eat one. It is said that my teeth won't hurt for a year after eating baked buns. Then, when we eat jiaozi and jiaozi, it is blessed and promising to see who can eat jiaozi with money.

After dinner, the whole village went to Babao Palace and Wulong Palace to offer sacrifices to the gods, so as to have a good harvest, strong body and all the best.

After the first grade, I began to visit relatives and friends. It is often said that auntie comes before auntie, and uncle's family comes first. The next day, I went to my uncle's house, the third day to my father-in-law's house, the fourth day to my aunt's house, and the fifth day we called it breaking five. On this day, relatives and friends of this family came to this house to offer sacrifices to the dead.

In the past, when visiting relatives and friends, they usually took steamed bread and jujube flowers. The main family only received a jujube flower and a steamed bread. If a child returns a cake, he will give three to five lucky money. Bring a box of milk or high-grade drinks when visiting relatives and friends.

On the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month, the flower drums in each village began to pay New Year greetings. Every time they go to a family, they have to play the flower drum at least three times, and the host family has to prepare dishes, wine, peanuts, candy, cigarettes and other condolences.

There are flower drums in Luyuangou, Kangjiaping, Qianzhuang, Houzhuang, Shiding and Tai Po. Qiu Yun's flower drums also have a long history. A boy carries a flower drum on his back, four girls knock on a small gong, plus a big gong and cymbals on all sides. It has a strong sense of rhythm, a loud voice and is very exciting. After each scene, it is very attractive to say four words of blessing or sing an old song.

At night, these villages will set off fireworks. In the past, fireworks were made by ordinary people, that is, using an iron flower tube with some gunpowder, and the golden flowers sprayed after lighting were beautiful, but the sound of spraying was scary and fashionable, which might explode and hurt people. In recent years, I bought fireworks and firecrackers in the market, which are light, safe, beautiful and varied.

The first day of February is the opening day of Wulong Palace and Babao Palace. On this day, faithful men and women took their children to the two palaces to worship, and a considerable number of people in Hejin, Jishan and Xinjiang also climbed to the top. Since then, worshippers from the two palaces have been coming in an endless stream every day until the first day of April.

On the second day of February, there is a saying that you bite the tail of a scorpion. From this day on, everything came back to life, and all kinds of animals were ready to act. They don't get up in the morning and eat twist or hemp leaves in bed to bite the scorpion's tail. It is said that they will not be harmed by poisonous insects for a year.

On March 3rd, we ate jujube hill, which is a local saying. When steaming steamed buns in the twelfth lunar month, each family steamed a jujube hill. This jujube hill made a big steamed bun with many small jujube flowers. In shape, it has a head, waist, legs and feet. On the first day of the first month, I put it in front of the kitchen king and didn't start eating it until March 3. Because it lasts for a long time, it is soaked in cold water first, and some mugwort leaves are stirred, accompanied by bone-forming particles. It is delicious.

By the Dragon Boat Festival in May, ordinary people don't know what this solar term has to do with Qu Yuan, but they all know that they can eat zongzi in this solar term. Some also use glutinous rice and red dates to steam, and putting sugar on it is also a good dish. Early this morning, every household put the collected mugwort leaves in front of the gates, small doors, windowsills and other idols for good luck and exorcism. These mugwort leaves can also treat several wet bone diseases after long-term drying. In addition, everyone must drink yellow wine before breakfast to show that they are not harmed by poisonous insects such as poisonous snakes.

In addition, there is a local custom of sending the Dragon Boat Festival. In other words, no matter which family got a new wife last year, the bride's family and relatives will send the Dragon Boat Festival to her husband's family the next year. The steamed buns are tiger-shaped, lion-shaped and round; Gifts include summer sleeping mats, electric fans, bamboo curtains and some clothes.

June 15 is the time to buy cold bedding, clothes, blankets, secondhand goods and valuables.

The fifteenth day of July is the day of offering sacrifices to ancestors. Qiu Yun calls this the ghost season. On this day, every household steamed some white buns, burned some paper money in front of the ancestral hall and raised some incense. I wish the old people not to worry about food and clothing in the underworld and not to be wild ghosts. Some daughter-in-law also went to their parents' home to offer sacrifices to the old people who died. Some old women burned some paper money at the crossroads to show filial piety.

Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th. On this day, every household will prepare moon cakes, some of which are bought in the market, some are steamed at home, and some are baked with iron. There are many models and varieties. In the evening, some grapes, apples, pomegranates, bananas, moon cakes and so on. Will be placed on the small stone table in the middle of the yard. When the moon rises, everyone will burn incense and send rings to the elderly, and then everyone will enjoy the food while enjoying the moon.

10/day, I miss my parents. On this day, every family will burn incense, burn paper money and offer a tribute in front of the ancestral hall to show that the old people who died are not afraid to change clothes and quilts in winter, and they will also fry oil cakes as a tribute.

Eating five beans on the fifth day of the twelfth lunar month and boring rice (millet porridge and pumpkin) on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month has been passed down to this day.

In this way, year after year, day after day, Qiuyun people were born and grew up in this land according to their own living customs. According to the existing epitaph, there is an ancient temple in Wulong Palace. I don't know when it started. This temple is magnificent. Therefore, poets and poets are in an endless stream, and feathers and prayers are full of people.

On September 23rd, 13th year of Qing Emperor Kangxi, Zhu Rong suddenly destroyed the temple, and the ruins were burned by torches. After monks and Taoists worked hard to raise funds, all aspiring people donated and raised thousands of dollars as capital. It took five years to rebuild the Green Temple into Wulong Palace, which took shape at the beginning of 1679.

1679, Qiuyunshan Temple Fair officially rose. The Republic of China edition of Xiangning County Records contains: In February and March, hundreds of miles from the hillside came in droves. As the saying goes, mountains face mountains, Zhongzhou is far away, and there are also people from Sichuan and Shaanxi. In the ancient calendar, the palace gate was opened on February 1st and closed on April 1st every year. The temple fair lasted for two months, and February 15 was designated as the Zhonghe Festival, which was the climax day of the Central Committee. 1938 10 Since then, Japanese invaders have burned temples and ancient temple fairs have gradually become deserted.

1986, under the planning of local wise men, a simple temple was built on the original three-story building site of Wulong Palace. Since then, the wind of pilgrimage into the mountains has revived, and tourists are weaving. 1February, 1994 15, with the support of the government, Qiuyun Mountain Tourism Development and Ancient Temple Fair was held. Qiuyunshan Temple Fair officially resumed.

1February, 199815th, the ribbon-cutting ceremony was completed at the Sanzu Hall in Babao Palace and at Zhenwuding Mountain Mountain in Wulong Palace. More than 50,000 tourists and 100 vendors came to worship at Qiuyun Mountain Temple Fair. It is the endless stream of mountain worshippers that push the road. Cars of all sizes are more than two miles long. People are like ants, flags are like the sea, songs are like the tide, drums are loud and guns are shaking. The scale of Qiuyunshan Temple Fair is unique in neighboring counties in southern Shanxi. Persimmon is a specialty of Qiu Yun. Because of the characteristics of climate and topography, it is especially suitable for persimmon growth. Although there are persimmon trees of Xinjiang generation in Antarctic Mountain, the persimmon skin is also very thin, but it is not suitable for long-term storage and easy to rot. If you don't pick persimmons from trees on Qiuyun Mountain, it will last all winter, which is different from persimmons in other places. If you don't pick them, they will fall by themselves. There are persimmon trees behind Dongjiaokou, but because of the short illumination time, persimmons can't reach the peak of maturity and will inevitably turn green.

There are many persimmons in Qiuyun Mountain. Listen to me one by one: they can satisfy hunger.

* * * and I are the same age, 1958 Great Leap Forward, eating in collective canteens, 196 1 year and 1962 natural disasters (natural disasters) and man-made disasters (the Soviet Union forced China to pay its debts), and I personally experienced the hunger and cold of the whole country. Dining in the canteen is provided by ticket, and food is limited. Everyone can only eat half a full meal. At the worst time, he ate Ye Tao Wotou, Yuxi Xinwotou and persimmon leaf Wotou. The national relief material is sweet potato chips. People who don't have enough to eat naturally have to find a way, so they pick some persimmons and soak them in warm water (commonly known as warm persimmons) to get rid of astringency and satisfy their hunger. Many old people refer to their past lives and still cling to persimmons.

There are many ways to eat red persimmons. For ripe persimmons, soak them in warm water the night before, heat them the next morning, scoop up several bowls, gather the whole family together, and add some dry bread. This is a breakfast. Persimmons change with the change of soil. In some places, persimmon tastes sweet, in some places, persimmon tastes cotton, in some places, persimmon tastes crisp, and in some places, persimmon tastes dyed.

For immature persimmons, you can't eat them with water temperature. As the saying goes: July walnut and August pear, September persimmon skin is red. If you want to eat at this time, you need to warm it with fruits such as apples and pears. The procedure is: use a porcelain jar, put three or four apples or pears at its bottom, put persimmons on it, and then seal the jar. A week later, the color of persimmon became rosy, and the persimmon meat became soft, sweet and refreshing.

For mature and soft persimmons, it can also be eaten with mixed noodles. In the mountainous area of Qiu Yun, every household puts wheat, corn, millet and soybean into a pot every winter, and then it is fried and ground into noodles, commonly known as boiled noodles (suitable for winter consumption because of its high calorie). Scoop half a bowl of cooked noodles in the morning and evening, break off a few soft persimmons, peel and mix well with the noodles. It tastes not only sweet and crisp, but also oily and delicious.

Persimmon is a tonic.

There is a saying circulating in Qiu Yun generation: A thousand-year-old locust asks an old persimmon. This means that persimmon trees have a long life span, even exceeding that of Sophora japonica. As can be seen from the introduction, its fruit must be a tonic for people to prolong life. According to the medical profession, eating persimmons regularly can moisturize the skin, making it more delicate and moist; Eating persimmons regularly can lower blood pressure, promote blood circulation and produce blood; Eating persimmons regularly can produce sperm and tonify the kidney; Eating persimmons often can induce diuresis and nourish the stomach. The biggest feature of persimmon is that it can astringent intestines and stop diarrhea. It can be said that persimmon is a kind of green tonic.

Persimmon wine

Persimmon wine is the patent of people in mountainous areas of Qiu Yun.

Because of the high mountains in Qiuyun mountain ditch, persimmon trees grow tall and big, which makes it more difficult to pick persimmons. Therefore, a considerable number of persimmons fall by shaking branches, which is very serious and inconvenient to store or make persimmons. The ancestors invented a method of making wine with broken persimmons. The specific operation steps are as follows:

First, put the broken persimmons in a stone trough, mash them with a stone mallet, and then put them in a vat (before putting them in the bottom of the vat, put some rice straw and starter for steaming steamed buns). At first, don't put too much persimmon pulp in the big jar. After persimmon pulp is fermented and bubbles appear, use a T-shaped wooden stick to start beating. When the fermented persimmon pulp is beaten to its original position, new persimmon pulp is added, and so on, round by round, until the pulp in the jar is full. When the persimmon pulp in the tank is full of fermentation, it needs to be beaten constantly, which is also the hardest working procedure. If you hit a few cans of persimmons, sometimes you can't even sleep. You must keep stirring until the canned food stops fermenting. Then seal the altar with some mud and start shochu when you can't go out to work in the slack season or snow.

Soju, every village has a brewing machine, which is similar to the eight-foot circle, but the height of the brewing machine can be as high as three iron rings. Above the circle is an iron cover, similar to the iron cover of ordinary people steaming steamed bread. The difference is that the lid of steamed bread is mouth-down, and the lid of shochu is mouth-up, which is used to hold water. Put the wine container on the shakuhachi pot, put the iron grate of steamed buns in it, then take out the fermented persimmon pulp and mix it with the wheat straw and put it in the wine container ring, then cover the iron lid with the mouth facing up, pour some water into the iron lid, and then start to send water to the bottom to make wine.

It is said that the key to shochu is to master the cement inside the top iron cover. If the water temperature is too high, the wine will evaporate, and if the water temperature is too low, the wine will not come out, which requires certain technology.

The local people poured the newly brewed wine on their heads, and the first time the wine was poured, the alcohol content was above 55 degrees. Generally, wine-making is started only when the wine is poured for the third time, and the dregs are poured out to start again.

Because persimmon is a tonic, the effect of persimmon wine is self-evident. Especially for lumbago and leg pain, persimmon wine can light it with fire, rub it on his body and return it several times, with obvious curative effect.

Persimmon vinegar

Persimmon vinegar is also a specialty of Qiu Yun. The production of persimmon vinegar is not as complicated as that of persimmon wine. As long as you put the broken persimmon in a crock, there will be a small hole as big as a cigarette butt at the bottom of the crock. After half a year, the persimmons in the crock are fermented, so you can pour vinegar. Persimmon is sweet in acetic acid, and it is also a pure natural food.

dried persimmon

Persimmons are in Xiangning, and only the persimmons in Qiuyun Mountain are second to none. There are many varieties of persimmons in Qiu Yun, which are as big as steamed persimmons and fists. There are fire eggs and persimmons, the size of walnuts; Persimmons with plates are oblate; Persimmons with bumps are shaped like barley bumps, and the top is pointed; Most persimmons are conical.

The production process of persimmon is as follows: first, the sepals at the tail of persimmon are removed, and then the persimmon skin is peeled off. This peeling process is called spinning persimmon locally. Every family has a car that spins persimmons. One end consists of three forks made of iron. When persimmon is inserted into it, the knife is lifted, the left hand is stirred and turned, and the skin is peeled off. This is also a technical job. People who spin fast can spin 100 kg in an hour. Peeled persimmons should be dried on a mat made of chess pieces for about 20 days, and then rubbed by hand until soft. Then pile them together and cover them with sacks or something. After covering for a week, knead it into a circle by hand and put it on the sofa to dry again. The degree of dryness should not be too dry or too wet. Then put it away and cover it with sacks or straw. During the period of covering, you should keep observing. If it is too wet, you can open the sack and air it. After covering for more than a month, it will start to frost and persimmon will succeed.

Persimmon in Qiu Yun is a must, sweet and soft, especially the persimmon with big steamed bread is very delicious, and it is an excellent gift for friends.

I hope that while developing tourism in Qiu Yun, we will do a good job in persimmon planting, so that persimmons can be carried forward and persimmon culture can become another signboard to attract tourists.