Dongguan is my hometown. As a Dongguan citizen, I am proud of Dongguan.
Dongguan has a long history, outstanding people, beautiful mountains and rivers, and simple folk customs. What is worth mentioning is Dongguan’s specialty fruit-lychee, traditional folk customs, and a booming IT high-tech technology industry manufacturing base. ——Silicon Valley in Dongguan——Songshan Lake Science and Technology Industrial Park.
Specialty fruit - lychees
From thousands of miles of rice sea to four-season fruit fragrance, from continuous sugarcane forests to vertical vegetable farms, from individual free-range farming to modern farms, we have seen The rapid development of agriculture in Dongguan...
Dongguan has fertile land, abundant light, heat and water, which are coordinated and conducive to the development of grain production and the planting of cash crops. The conditions for the development of agriculture are very favorable and it is known as Known as the "Land of Fish, Rice and Fruits", Lingnan's best fruits, lychees and bananas, are even more famous.
According to the topographic distribution characteristics of Dongguan City, it can be roughly divided into four regions: southeast, south-central, northeast and west. The south-central part is dominated by hills, with an altitude generally below 500 meters. The terrain is not undulating, the slope is gentle, and the soil is thick, making it suitable for planting fruit trees. Lychee cultivation here has a long history and it is an important lychee production area in Dongguan City. With Daling Mountain as the center, the glutinous rice cakes and guiwei fruits are of excellent quality and are well-known at home and abroad. Longans, pineapples, and yellow peels are also grown here, making it 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 peasant family in the village. The owner was Chen Dayuan, his wife was Liu Huizhen, and their son was Chen Guimei. A family of three lives in poverty. Chen Dayuan often goes out to the village to do chores for others to make money. In addition to doing housework at home, Huizhen sometimes goes to the fields to grow vegetables. One day, Huizhen took six-year-old Guimei to weed the fields. Guimei was young, chasing butterflies in the shade of a tree. He chased and chased, and before he knew it, he caught up to the lychee tree owned by the village tyrant Chen Guixian. The butterfly flew high and landed on the lychee tree. Guimei looked up and saw the bright red lychees on the tree. She forgot to chase the butterflies and reached out to pick two lychees on the low hanging tree.
Chen Guixian (landowner) happened to be passing by while patrolling the garden, and he shouted: "How dare you, a little thief, to steal my lychees in broad daylight!" This voice was like a thunderbolt from the blue, and Guimei was frightened. Frightened, he turned around and ran away. Chen Guixian rushed forward like crazy, grabbed Guimei's collar with one hand, and took back the lychee with the other.
Unexpectedly, Guimei held on to the lychee tightly and cried desperately: "I want lychee! I want lychee!" Chen Guixian became angry, opened his palm, and hit Guimei several times. He slapped Guimei in the face, then grabbed Guimei's chest and pushed it to the ground. Guimei fell on her back, and kicked him away with Takahiro. At this moment, Guimei's mother heard the sound and rushed over. Seeing this scene, she hurriedly rushed forward, hugged the child with one hand, and cried and apologized to Guixian: "Sir, please forgive me for being lax in disciplining my child and stealing your lychees." , I will definitely blame him when I get home, please calm down." When Guimei saw her mother, she hugged her mother tightly, frightened and scared, and cried desperately: "I want to eat lychees, I want to eat lychees!" The mother saw that the child was covered with blood! Nihan, feeling distressed and pitiful, took him home gloomily.
The next day, Guimei suffered a fright and developed a high fever. She was in a coma all day long, did not want to eat or drink, and often asked for lychees. The couple was very worried and gave him several decoctions, but his condition continued to worsen and became increasingly serious. Seeing this, Huizhen was heartbroken and said to her husband with tears in her eyes: "Alas, the child's illness is all caused by eating lychees. Why don't you go to Xiancun and buy some lychees to ease his longing for it? , the condition may get better." Dayuan followed his wife and went to Xiancun to buy some lychees. He brought them to his son and said, "Meier, look, Mom gave you some big and red lychees." /p>
After hearing the word lychee, Guimei opened her eyes slightly and saw a few bright red lychees. She smiled, then took the lychees with trembling hands and placed them gently on her chest. Suddenly his eyes went dark, his little hands dropped, his head tilted, and he passed away miserably. The Dayuan couple endured their grief and buried the child in a mound in the back mountain, and placed the few lychees in the grave.
On the Qingming Festival of the next year, a few lychee seedlings grew in front of the child's grave. Dayuan took great care of the lychee seedlings. He carefully dug up the lychee seedlings, planted them in front of the child's grave, and watered and fertilized them. Ten years later, the lychees grew up, and the place turned into a green and lush little lychee garden. The lychee trees bloomed and produced red lychee fruits. This lychee is not only extremely sweet, but also refreshing.
To commemorate his son, Dayuan changed the name of Xiaoli Garden to Guimei Garden.
Since then, Guimei lychee has been produced. As for later people wrote Guimei as Guiwei, it may have evolved because the pronunciations of "mei" and "wei" in local dialects are similar.
My grandmother is from Dalingshan. She has a lychee forest. Every June or July, when the lychees are ripe, I climb to the trees with my relatives and friends to pick lychees to eat. Peel off the red skin of the lychee, and you can see the crystal-clear flesh. When you bite it, a burst of sweetness goes through your heart. After you spit out the shell, you finish the pulp. ah! Delicious!
Traditional folk customs
China’s five thousand years of history is like a huge historical and cultural treasure house, containing cultural crystallizations full of wisdom.
Dongguan has many colorful cultures and traditional customs, such as: Dongkeng’s “Selling Your Body Festival”, Qiaotou’s “Lotus Festival”, Shilong’s “Dragon Boat Festival”, and Huangjiang’s “Art Festival” etc., attracting many tourists to come and watch.
The most famous one is the "Selling Your Body Festival" in Dongkeng. According to "Dongkeng Town Records", Dongkeng's "Selling Your Body Festival" originated from the phenomenon of "selling your body" (that is, selling your labor force) in Tangchun Village in the town during the Wanli Period of the Ming Dynasty. At that time, some young adults who did not have their own land came to the streets one after another on the second day of the second lunar month, wearing bamboo hats and coarse cloth towels to show that they were "selling themselves" and waiting for the rich to come and hire them. Rich men with land also come to Tangchun Village on this day to select young adults to sell themselves and hire them for a year. Subsequently, many "Encounters with Immortals" were spread in this treasured land with outstanding people and places. It is said that gods from heaven descended to Dongkeng to help all sentient beings on the "Sale of One's Body Festival". They went to Dongkeng to watch "Selling One's Body", performed good deeds, and saved all sentient beings. For example, "Curved Grinding Arm", "Straight Fishhook", "Golden Hoe", "The Story of Dong Zai", "Candy Can't Be Dumped", "It's cloudy even if it's sunny". It's so miraculous that immortals really come down to earth to help. As a result, the "Selling Your Body Festival" spread more and more, becoming more and more magical. So, on the second day of February, the banks of the river and both sides of the wooden bridge were really crowded. Businessmen from far and near gathered in Dongkeng. From far away, Sheng, Fo, Chen and Long came by boat from the waterway; from nearby, people from surrounding villages came on foot, saying they wanted to meet immortals. It was an unprecedented event. When leaving, everyone must buy something to take back to show that they have met an immortal and bring good luck. Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it has continued to this day. In the 15th and 16th issues of "Folklore" in 1928, Li Jianqing's "A Spot of Dongguan Customs" mentioned the Selling Day, "Poor families from all over the countryside come here with their sons to look for employers, and employers from all over the place also come here. We are looking for hired boys here. If everyone agrees, then the hired boys will go home to work with their employer. The work of these hired boys cannot be separated from plowing fields and tending cattle. In addition to earning food, There is no wages at all, but at the end of the year, the employer gives him a new set of clothes and a pair of shoes, which is considered as payment, so it is called "selling one's body". The person who sells his body wears a "fish gill shell" bamboo hat on his head and shoulders. A "muffler" (a square towel that can be used to wipe sweat, protect shoulders when carrying things, cover the lower body when bathing in the river and change clothes, and be used as a bag when shopping), wait for the rich man to buy it once the contract is finalized. On the same day, the employer invited the farmhands to have dinner at the teahouse. The farmhands "sold" themselves and received a deposit. Now that they had a good job and a stable life, they bought some household necessities and things at the market to go home to celebrate. Similarly, landlords and rich peasants also came to the east. They are willing to eat and drink at the market and buy back some farm tools and daily necessities.
The Dongkeng Body Selling Festival on the second day of February. "The history and beautiful legends of Dongkeng are enough to show that the reason why Dongkeng formed the unique festival of "Selling Your Body Festival" is because Dongkeng has the glory of the "farming era".
In Dongkeng, there is "Lu "Hometown, Xiejiatian" is known as "Hometown, Xiejiatian". Connecting to the bank of Hanxi River, a Qinghe River uniquely became the transportation artery through the provincial capital at that time. Cargo ships from Guangzhou, Dongguan, Shilong, Huizhou and other places often came to Dongkeng. Dongkeng Ma Shi Street sold Tangdun has become a transit terminal for agricultural and sideline products and daily necessities. Silkworm cultivation, cane sugar processing, rice processing, and oil extraction have all sprung up one after another. Especially after the summer harvest, there are continuous cricket huts on both sides of the river. Its gambling dens, opium dens, and brothels are prosperous. Provincial and Hong Kong Cantonese opera stars are singing and dancing in the bustling city of Dongkeng. It is known as "Little Macao". The specific transportation environment and specific farming needs have created a song called "Early February." An ode to "two".
After several vicissitudes, with the changes of the times, the "Self-Prostitution Festival" has not only not been forgotten by people, but the performance has become more flavorful of the times.
Tourists love to have fun shooting water with toy water guns on the street, so it is also called the "Water Shooting Festival". People who come to enjoy the joy on the second day of February all hope that on this day, the water from Dongkeng will sprinkle them with good luck and bring back good luck.
There is also the Lotus Festival in Qiaotou:
Dongguan Qiaotou Lotus Festival, Qiaotou people love lotus, the lotus lake covering an area of ??more than 100 hectares during the Ming and Qing Dynasties fully displayed the "endless leaves connecting the sky" The scenery is "blue, with lotus flowers reflecting the sun uniquely red". Every midsummer, Lotus Lake smells of lotus fragrance, singing and laughing, and there is an endless stream of boaters enjoying the lotus, full of interest. Every midsummer, Lotus Lake is crowded with tourists; every winter and spring, the lake is full and the blue waves are rippling. Lianhu Lake has become a scenic spot in Qiaotou. People must go to Lianhu Lake when they go to Qiaotou. When they see lotus, they think of Qiaotou. Lianhu has twice discovered lotus flowers, which has attracted a lot of enthusiasm, and Lianhu has become a well-known brand in Qiaotou. The first Qiaotou Lotus Culture and Art was held on June 23, 2004.
Qiaotou people love lotus. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the lotus lake covered an area of ??more than 100 hectares and showed the scenery of "the sky is connected to the sky with endless green leaves, and the lotus flowers are uniquely red in the sun". Every midsummer, Lotus Lake smells of lotus fragrance, singing and laughing, and there is an endless stream of boaters enjoying the lotus, full of interest.
Lianhu Lake is located in the center of Qiaotou Town. It is a famous tourist area in Dongguan City and one of the best lotus viewing spots in Guangdong Province. Lianhu, formerly known as Liantang Lake, is a natural lake and one of the five largest lakes in Qiaotou area (East Taihu Lake, Lianhu Lake, Qianqian Lake, Xinhu Lake, and Langxia Lake). Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, Qiaotou was in a harsh environment of "no rain for three days and no sound of the car's engine, and three days of rain for three days". In order to help themselves, the villagers dug lotus roots from other places and planted them in various lakes. In a few years, the lotus planting area increased to thousands of acres. Whenever there are floods or droughts, villagers eat lotus roots and seeds to satisfy their hunger. It is said that at that time, the villagers regarded Lianhu as a life-saving straw and no one could trample on it. Every midsummer, people come to enjoy the lotuses one after another. Many young men and women are rowing boats or picking out seedling pots, wandering among the green lotus leaves. Their laughter ripples across the lotus lake, showing the "lotus leaves and skirts of the same color. The hibiscus spreads out to both sides of the face, and when it enters the pool, it cannot be seen. When I hear the song, I feel that someone is coming." The poetic meaning.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Qiaotou, like other parts of the country, carried out a large-scale farmland infrastructure construction, reclaimed land from lakes, and Lianhu Lake was converted into rice fields. In the early 1990s, the Qiaotou Town Government returned farmland to the lake and built a lotus lake covering an area of ??more than 300 acres in the central area of ??the town. It was replanted with lotuses and restored the beautiful scenery of fields of lotus leaves and bursts of fragrance. From then on, every midsummer, Lotus Lake is crowded with tourists; every winter and spring, the lake is full and the blue waves are rippling. Lianhu Lake has become a scenic spot in Qiaotou. People must go to Lianhu Lake when they go to Qiaotou. When they see lotus, they think of Qiaotou. Lianhu has twice discovered lotus flowers, which has attracted a lot of enthusiasm, and Lianhu has become a well-known brand in Qiaotou.
Since the first Qiaotou Lotus Culture and Art Festival on June 23, 2004, the Dongguan Qiaotou Lotus Culture and Art Festival has been held for 7 times. The Dongguan Qiaotou Lotus Culture and Art Festival lasts for six days from June 23 to June 28 every year. It is held at the Lianhu Scenic Area and Cultural Square in Qiaotou Town.
In 2000, a huge sum of money was invested to build the Lianhu Park, and Guan Shanyue was invited to inscribe the name of the park. Provincial calligraphers and painters contributed ink to the art gallery. Masterpieces by celebrities and the scenery of lakes and mountains complement each other. The total area of ??the Lotus Lake Scenic Area is more than 500,000 square meters, consisting of 300 acres of Lotus Lake, classical gate tower, Songshan Sightseeing Tower, Lotus Viewing Pavilion, fitness garden, food street, cultural square, Lover's Road, Lake Tour Trail and other attractions. There are supporting sports centers, hotel services, high-end residences and other central areas in the surrounding area, forming a city highlight with a unique European style where modern architecture and natural scenery complement each other. In 2006, Qiaotou Town invested 10 million yuan to implement the first phase of the renovation project of the Lianhu Scenic Area, and built a lotus appreciation corridor, a pro-Lotus leisure area, a viewing pavilion and other scenic spots, which further improved the cultural taste of the Lianhu Scenic Area and enhanced the The ornamental value of Lianhu Scenic Area.
The architectural style of Lianhu Park draws on the essence of gardens in Suzhou and Hangzhou, making it antique. It is mainly composed of a classical archway, more than 600 stone climbing stairs, a mid-mountain pavilion, a winding path on the mountainside, a calligraphy and painting corridor and a seven-story sightseeing tower. The names of "Lianhu Park" and "Songshan Tower" were inscribed by the famous calligrapher and painter Guan Shanyue. On both sides of the gate archway are the lifelike white marble reliefs "Eight Horses" and "Nine Dragon Walls". The calligraphy and painting corridor is built along the ridge, with various forms of flower and bird paintings, landscape paintings, folk paintings, ancient figure paintings, etc. The corridor walls are decorated with calligraphy and Tang poetry, and the entire corridor is filled with a strong cultural atmosphere.
Songshan Tower stands on the top of Songshan Mountain 60 meters above sea level. It is octagonal in shape and 38.8 meters high.
The handrails around the bottom of the tower are all made of white marble with relief patterns and exquisite craftsmanship. Climbing the tower, you can have a panoramic view of thousands of scenes. Since the park opened, visitors have been coming all year round.
On June 22, 2006, the second exhibition was hosted by the Lotus Branch of the China Flower Association and jointly organized by the Dongguan Municipal People's Government, Dongguan Municipal Culture, Radio, Television, Press and Publication Bureau, Dongguan Municipal Tourism Bureau, and Dongguan Qiaotou Town People's Government. The 20th National Lotus Exhibition (branch venue) and the 3rd Dongguan Qiaotou Lotus Art Festival were grandly held in Lianhu Scenic Area. Lotus boutiques from more than 20 provinces and cities across the country and more than 80 units from Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau and other countries and regions gathered at Qiaotou Lian Lake. More than 10,000 pots of lotus of nearly 400 varieties from all over the country are on display, as well as 30 works of famous calligraphers and painters across the country, as well as an exhibition of Ma Yuanhao's lotus ink and shadow paintings, attracting more than 500,000 tourists from all over the country and at home and abroad.
At the opening ceremony of the 7th Qiaotou Lotus Culture and Art Festival on June 23, 2010, the Qiaotou tourism image song "Waiting for You at Qiaotou" left a deep impression on the public audience. At the closing ceremony, "Waiting for You at the Bridge" once again enchanted the audience through singing and dancing.
"Let's meet at the romantic and charming bridgehead when the lotus flowers are fragrant. Let's go for a walk in Liyuan together, go boating on Lotus Lake together, and see how many lovers get married." Moving melody, beautiful The lyrics, sung by the famous singer Zhang Chaoxi, incorporate the picturesque scenery of the bridge and the fragrance of lotus into the song. The audience seems to be taken to the lotus lake to enjoy the beautiful scenery of lotus, and they are mesmerized.
The audience’s comments are as follows: This song is very nice and very poetic. It reflects the beautiful scenery of our bridge in this song. It is picturesque and beautiful.
IT industry manufacturing base - Silicon Valley in Dongguan - Songshan Lake Science and Technology Industrial Park
From the manufacturing of hoes, rakes, harvesters and other farm tools before the reform and opening up to the production of toys in the early stage of the reform and opening up , clothing, plastic products and other primary products, to the current production of computers, mobile phones, color display tubes... We have completed the development process of Western industrial countries for hundreds of years in just over 20 years. IT, these two letters that are well-known to Dongguan people highlight the charm of a modern manufacturing city...
In 1994, the Dongguan Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government were far-sighted and proposed: "Carry out the second industrial revolution ", Anshi industrial upgrading and transformation, promoting economic growth" strategic decision, focusing on the introduction of projects with high technological content and high added value, such as electronics and electrical appliances. At present, Dongguan City's high-tech production level is relatively high, and some of the world's high-precision mechanical parts can be produced in Dongguan. We strive to process more than 95% of the parts needed for complete computer machines in Dongguan. Today, the internal industrial structure of Dongguan has shifted from being dominated by clothing, textiles, and plastic products in the past to being dominated by electronics, communication equipment, electrical machinery, and electronic components. The production of electronic and communication products has become the first industrial pillar. The product structure of foreign trade exports has gradually shifted from mainly textiles and clothing to electrical products. In 2007, the export of mechanical and electrical products was US$143.69 billion, accounting for 72.5% of total exports. The industrial structure has been continuously optimized.
Dongguan City has seized the opportunity of the rapid development of the global electronic information industry and vigorously guided foreign investment in the development of high-tech products with the electronic information industry as the core. Currently, there are more than 3,300 export-oriented electronic information product manufacturing companies in Dongguan City, with an output value of approximately 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 garment industry and has become a famous "famous clothing city" in my country, with annual sales About 10 billion yuan, Humen Town has held an international clothing trade fair every year since 1996. Dongguan City vigorously develops the computer information industry, making Dongguan one of the world's most important computer information product manufacturing bases. Shilong, Qingxi, Huangjiang, Shijie and other towns (districts) have formed considerable scale computer production bases. Houjie Town and Dalingshan Town are famous for their furniture manufacturing, and Dalang Town's wool textile industry.
After the reform and opening up, Dongguan, which has been immersed in the land for hundreds of years, has witnessed a construction climax and achieved remarkable achievements. It has become a flourishing modern manufacturing city and a bright star embedded in the land of southern Guangdong. The pearl!
As a Dongguan citizen, I am proud of Dongguan!
B: Insights
After the reform and opening up, Dongguan has kept up with the pace and trend of the times.
Dongguan has many specialties and unique cultural customs. Through in-depth research, I not only learned about these days rich in Dongguan’s traditional characteristics, but also gained insights from these days.
I think we should better inherit these traditional days and let them continue to develop. Don’t forget and lose them, let alone be “appropriated” by other countries like the “Dragon Boat Festival”. Yes, but we must maintain it well and increase publicity efforts to keep it in the minds of future generations. By attracting the attention of foreign tourists, we can increase visibility, promote Dongguan's economic development, create a well-known cultural brand in Dongguan, and combine traditional festivals with modern economy. The combination of commodity trade, entertainment, commerce and culture, promotes them as Dongguan's tourism resources to the whole country and even the world.
For the newly developing high-tech development zone-Songshan Lake Science and Technology Industrial Park, I think we should increase production intensity, improve production quality, support innovation, creation and invention, and create a "China·Dongguan" The high-tech industrial park launches exclusive inventions, creations and patents, uses high and new technologies to drive the main artery of Dongguan's economic development, promotes economic development, increases the average income of citizens, and allows the people living in Dongguan to live a carefree life. , abundant food and clothing, a happy and healthy life!
Discovered and nominated by the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and reviewed and approved by the International Minor Planet Center and the International Asteroid Nomenclature Committee, an asteroid with the international number 3476 is currently named "Dongguan Star" .
"Dongguan Star" was discovered by the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences on October 28, 1978. This star is named after Dongguan, a city in the Pearl River Basin of Guangdong Province, China, known as the "Hometown of Fish, Rice and Fruits". Dongguan is a booming industrialized city with modern architecture and beautiful natural scenery. It is a shining pearl embedded in the Pearl River Delta.
The Dongguan star symbolizes Dongguan, making the name of Dongguan travel in space with the asteroids, immortal, shining with the sun and the moon, and coexisting with the heaven and the earth!