Chapter 522 Local customs, seafood feast (3/3 monthly ticket)
Da Mu secretly prepared a big surprise behind his back?
Not only did Dai Yuni not notice the slightest bit, but she also followed Yang Qian on the streets every day, having a great time, and even more enjoying eating.
No, on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Dai Yuni and Yang Qian took their uncle Hong Yingjun's car to Dongshan Island, the hometown of their younger aunt Long Rong.
Dongshan Island is an island, but it is not far from the land. A cross-sea bridge connects them together.
"To go to Dongshan Island, just drive across the bridge. But if you are going to Naozhou Island, you have to go to the southeast pier of Dongshan Island and take a ferry."
There was no boredom on the road either. Long Rong enthusiastically introduced his hometown to Dai Yuni. One of them spoke enthusiastically, and the other listened with fascination.
"Naozhou Island? Is this island the volcanic island that Yang Qian told me about before? The largest volcanic island in the country."
Dai Yuni asked enthusiastically.
"Yes, Naozhou Island is a small island formed by a volcanic eruption hundreds of thousands of years ago. However, it has a rich history. At the end of the Song Dynasty, an emperor fled there, so there is still a Songhuang Village left there."
In fact, Long Rong was not very good at studying history. She just heard a rough idea from others. She didn't know that not only one emperor had escaped, but two emperors.
Later, Hecheng fell and the small imperial court moved to Yashan. Only then did the famous Yashan naval battle occur, in which 100,000 people jumped into the sea and died for the country.
"Isn't Naozhou Island also fun?"
Dai Yuni yearned for it very much.
"Naozhou Island has not been well established as a tourist destination, but some of its beaches are very beautiful, with beautiful black lava after volcanic eruptions, and you can see a cleaner sea there."
Long Rong said.
"Because there is the endless Pacific Ocean to the east, and there are not so many tourists. The beach looks very clean, the waves are white, and the whole area is sea!"
Yang Qian has been there.
"Wow, can we go there tomorrow and have a look?"
Dai Yuni's eyes were blurred after hearing this.
"Not now, it's too cold now, and the wind on the seaside in winter is no joke."
Yang Qian shook his head and told her this fact with some regret.
If it were summer now, Yang Qian would not only be willing to take her there to play, but he might even arrange a romantic proposal ceremony there.
Unfortunately, it is winter now.
"I'll ask Yang Qian to take you back to play during the summer vacation. Our Naozhou Island is no worse than those overseas places in the Maldives!"
Long Rong smiled.
In fact, this is also her bragging.
Naozhou Island is not as beautiful as the Maldives, and if nothing else, the tourism infrastructure cannot keep up.
There are no hotels there, so if you want to stay, you can only find B&Bs.
But to be honest, this is just an imperfect development of tourism resources. In fact, whether it is Naozhou Island or Dongshan Island, the fifth largest island in the country, there are many beautiful beaches and scenic spots. For example, Dongshan Island has a certified World
Second, China’s No. 1 Long Beach.
It is a pity that although the resources are very good, due to lack of development and lack of popularity, these excellent resorts have not been able to make a name for themselves.
Dai Yuni even set foot on this island before she realized how wonderful it was!
"Boom, boom, boom..."
Before she even got to the place, she heard the crackling of firecrackers and the noise of gongs and drums.
"Has it started yet?"
Dai Yuni couldn't wait to look out the car window.
"It's been a few days! On the second day of the first lunar month, many villages started to hold annual calendars. They come in turn, in January and February! Now these should be held by the villages in Cathay Town, and ours has not arrived yet.
"
Long Rong smiled.
Dai Yuni didn't care, she was already holding open the car window and watching with great interest.
"Lion dance! That's a lion dance!"
Dai Yuni cheered excitedly in the car.
In order to let Dai Yuni watch carefully, Hong Yingjun slowed down the car and let her enjoy the lion dance performance, which is actually very common for locals.
"Did they go to the door of someone's shop to perform a lion dance?"
Although the Magic City also has its New Year customs and more fun Spring Festival activities that keep pace with the times, after all, lion dance, a custom that is not found in the Magic City, is particularly new to Dai Yuni, and she can see
He couldn't take his eyes away and asked curiously.
"This should be a lion dance team invited by the residents around the town, right? They usually go door to door to perform, and every time they arrive at one, the family will quickly set off firecrackers, and the same goes for the shops. It's their turn."
Yang Qian smiled and explained it to her.
In fact, Yang Qian was also watching these performances with emotion.
After his grandmother passed away, he rarely had the opportunity to see lion dance performances.
After all, lion dance performances generally do not go to residential areas, and only some villages have such demand for performances.
Looking at these familiar lively scenes now, Yang Qian couldn't help but think of when he was a child. Like many children, he was very active, jumping and watching the lions shaking their heads in the firecrackers.
They even chased the lion dance team from house to house and couldn't get enough of it!
His younger sister Yang Shihan did not have such an experience. This was the main reason why Dai Yuni came to play with him today, but Yang Shihan stayed at home and was too lazy to join in the fun.
The secondary reason was, of course, that Yang Shihan had to prepare equipment. She asked Bao Wenxiao for help, and asked Sister Baozi to bring her camera to Hecheng from the company, preparing to act as her brother's photographer - although Yang Qian did not intend to show off, but in this way
How can we not record the beautiful moments?
...
"Okay, now that I've seen the lion dance, I'm just about to watch the human-dragon dance!"
After the car passed through the bustling small town streets, Dai Yuni sat back down in her seat with satisfaction and started laughing with her aunt Long Rong.
"The Dragon Dance is in the afternoon. We have to go to the beach to watch it. Let's eat first at noon!"
In fact, when Long Rong returned here, her heart had already flown to home.
In the past, the main annual program in Hecheng was the Youshen Lion Dance, followed by family and friends gathering together for a family dinner.
But now with the improvement of people's living standards, the theme of the Dutch city's annual calendar has become eating and drinking. The host will hold banquets and invite relatives and friends to come over for dinner.
It can be said that the specifications of these banquets are not necessarily worse than those of wedding banquets!
No, Yang Qian and Dai Yuni arrived at their aunt's house and saw several large tables covered with red cloth placed outside the courtyard.
The chef, for example, is already in full swing preparing the lunch meal.
The most eye-catching thing is the plates of lobsters, crabs, and scallops that are already cooked to a red color!
Dai Yuni also ate a lot of lobsters in Magic City, but she couldn't help but look at this seafood feast full of local style, and at the way the chefs in recent years used their rough and delicate methods to arrange the dishes.
Swallowed.
“It smells so good!”
Just in time, the chef burst into a big pot of minced garlic, and the aroma was overflowing.
Dai Yuni's stomach growled immediately.
"It's over, I'm so embarrassed!"
She hugged Yang Qian's arm in embarrassment and put her head on his back.
"Come and see! Brother Yang Qian is here! And Dai Yuni! The big star of the Spring Festival Gala!"
Just hearing a cheer, a group of half-grown little girls and boys came out of various courtyards excitedly and surrounded Yang Qian and Dai Yuni.
Obviously, despite Long Rong's instructions to keep it a secret, the secret that Yang Qian and the others would come to eat the Nianli was spread early.