After chatting for a while, I left here with a heavy heart.
I have praised my brother more than once before, saying that my eldest brother is calm and clever. If he avoids us on purpose, it will be difficult to find him. Moreover, not only do I want to see them, I also want to see Sister Hong and ask them about their experiences in recent years.
July 7th is Valentine's Day, and the people here in Zhanghu have been preparing for the Snake Festival since mid-May.
The culture of this region is unique. I have been to so many places, but I dare say that the Snake Festival in Zhanghu Town is unique in the country, unique, and even unique in the world.
If you want to experience it, you can take a trip here. I guarantee you will never forget it.
No one is afraid of snakes here.
One month before Valentine's Day, basically every household will go to the bamboo forests in the mountains in the southeast to catch snakes. People ranging from 80-year-old men to five- or six-year-old children will participate, holding snakes in their hands and around their necks.
Big snakes and little snakes walked back and forth on the street.
Whoever catches the biggest, heaviest, or weirdest snake will be qualified to be sent to the Snake King Temple for competition.
The professional team composed of villagers in the temple selected this year's Snake King after intense quarrels and discussions.
I heard people say that the most powerful snake king in 1999 was a two-headed python caught by a family in a bamboo forest. The two heads could be eaten separately. It was later sold for 80,000 yuan.
Men, women, old and young here love snakes, play with them and respect them, but they don't eat snakes. People in Shunde eat a lot of snakes. If anyone dares to blatantly eat snakes and is caught, the whole town will be notified and fined.
Whoever travels here, the people on the roadside are "warm and hospitable" and will suddenly grab colorful snakes and slap them in your face. Xiaoxuan was frightened several times, and later she did not dare to go out on the street.
Brother Yu and I were walking on the street that day. Brother Yu came out to buy wine. At this time, a middle-aged man with long hair suddenly ran over, stopped us and said, "Brothers and brothers, where are you going?"
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"What's wrong?"
"It's nothing."
He came over and whispered, "Do you want to see the Snake Girl?"
"Snake girl?"
"Really or not, it's at your house."
I didn't believe it at first.
I have lived in the town for such a long time, and I know that snake women do exist. A few local people have seen them. They told me that snake women do not live long and have a very short lifespan. They are considered old if they live to be over thirty years old. Very few people have seen snake women.
There are people who can live past 40. I don’t know why.
The man said: "Why are you at my house? Of course it is in the Liangong Temple. I see that you are dressed like someone from other places. You outsiders can't go in there. How about this? Give me 30 yuan each and I will take you there."
Take it in." He opened his mouth and asked me for thirty yuan.
Brother Yu whispered: "I guess he's a scammer, just ignore him."
"I'm not a liar!"
The middle-aged man became anxious and said, "If you don't look, you will get it! There are many people who want to see it!"
Thirty yuan was not expensive, so it was just a small pack of cigarettes. I stopped Brother Yu and gave him thirty yuan, saying that I would go to the temple and have a look.
"30 for one person, 60 for two people."
"Then let's make an agreement. I'll take you in. You can look through the window and take pictures. Otherwise, your phone will be confiscated."
"Okay, go now?"
The man looked at the time and said: "We have to wait, there is still one person left, let's form a group and start the train."
He took us to a house on the side of the road and left in a hurry. He said we would just wait for about ten minutes and a car would come to take us to the temple.
"Brothers, they are also traveling here."
There was also a man and a woman in the room, who looked like a couple. The man was wearing brand-name clothes and chewing bubble gum.
I ignored this person.
He smiled and said: "Aren't you also going to see the snake girl? I heard people say that the snake girl lives in a jar and has a long, forked tongue. She can lick her own eyes with her tongue. I'm so curious.
I do not know it is true or not."
I thought to myself what the hell happened.
If your tongue touches your eyes? If it's forked, then it's a lizard, right?
