After passing Bazhou in the middle of the river, Shi Toa Town is ahead.

There is also a strange thing here. The boat sailed from the beginning of the middle dam to the end of the middle dam, but it did not stop at the middle dam. It had to stop at the small pier in Shidao Town on the riverside after the two rivers reunited.

Like Rongshan Town, Stone Toad Town was also built in the late Yuan Dynasty. Because at the end of the original old street next to the pier, there was a huge stone shaped like a toad. People called it a toad stone, and the stone toad got its name.

More than a hundred steps in front of Toad Stone, a spring gushes out from the cracks in the stone. The spring water is clear and sweet. People built a well here, called Toad Well.

However, because Shiba Town lacks the support of a large national-level factory, the layout is still that of Laochang Town, which is much smaller than Rongshan Town. It is just an old street. The only advantage is that it is more antique.

There are many farmers selling green fruits on the old street, and the quality is very good.

Green fruit is olive. Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" records: "Olive, although this fruit is ripe, its color is also green, so it is commonly called green fruit."

In the Fujian and Guangdong areas, green fruits are mostly salted and candied. For example, when Su Dongpo tasted green fruits in Lingnan, he wrote: "The green fruits are covered with red salt, and the taste is bitter and harsh. When it is slightly sweet, it returns to the teeth and cheeks, and the honey has been lost."

"Very sweet." It means it should be eaten with salt.

In Jiachuan, this fruit is mainly eaten raw.

There is also the method of stewing pork belly with it, which is the same as stewing pork belly with bitter clam. It is a top quality food for clearing away fetal heat and detoxifying.

The taste of this fruit is actually very strange. It is sour and astringent when you first eat it. But after chewing it carefully, it will be full of sweetness. It not only produces fluid and quenches thirst, clears heat and detoxifies, but also eases the throat and resolves phlegm, relieves irritability and sobers up the hangover.

Therefore, it is deeply loved by Jiachuan people, and there is even a folk song about it - "A green fruit has pointed ends, crisp skin and fresh taste. It tastes a bit astringent at first, but it takes a long time for you to realize that the aftertaste is sweet."

Because of this characteristic of "bitter first and then sweet", the "Compendium of Materia Medica" also specifically mentions this: "It tastes bitter and astringent, but after a long time it tastes sweet. Wang Yuanzhi's loyal words are offensive to the ears, and chaos is thought, so it is called Jianguo."

Jin Jihan's "Nanshan Grass and Trees" records: "Although the olive tastes bitter, the fragrance in the mouth is better than that of chicken tongue. During the Wu Dynasty, tribute was given to the attendants every year."

In other words, it also has the effect of cleaning the mouth and freshening the breath.

My friends are all from Jiachuan and liked this very much, so I carefully picked out a good one and bought a few kilograms. After asking around, I found out that this green fruit is a local specialty of Shida Town.

This is another strange thing. Apparently there is only a waterway between them. The sour green fruits are abundant on the bank here, while the sweet sugar cane and longan are abundant in the middle of the river on the other side.

Then this farmer boasted that his green fruits were harvested from an old tree. Everyone in the town knew that it was the oldest tree behind Qingyuan Palace.

Eh? Zhou Zhi felt like he had heard something good. After asking around again, it turned out that there was an old temple in the town called "Qingyuan Palace", and the god worshiped there was called "Sichuan Lord".

Zhou Zhi suddenly became interested: "So Qingyuan Palace is actually the Sichuan Lord Temple?"

The old farmer said: "Yes, our Shidao Qingyuan Palace has had a large temple fair since the Ming Dynasty. The first month is the Shangjiu Hui, the third month is the Qing Jiao Festival, June is the most lively Sichuan Zhuhui Festival, and there is also a Lantern Festival in September.

Pole club.”

Zhou Zhi said: "The Sichuan Lord's Club must be the most lively."

"We have a saying that refers to this excitement: whenever there is an event, thousands of people come and go, half of it is Jiangjin and half of it is Jiachuan. There is a lot of people and incense..." The old farmer was happy: "Eh?

But does your little one know how to do it?"

"Hehe," Zhou Zhi also smiled: "I also know that Lord Sichuan's birth date is June 24th, isn't that right?"

"The enemy!"

Zhou Zhi stood up: "Old man, where is the Qingyuan Palace? Let's take a look."

"There is a big camphor tree over 500 years old in Qingyuan Palace. It's easy to find!" After the old farmer had a conversation with Zhou Zhi, he said, "You came here from Jiachuan to play? Then we also have Daiyun Pavilion and Dengyun Pavilion here.

You all should go and see the temple and Thousand Buddha Rock!"

"Really?" Zhou Zhi originally planned to visit Zhongba, but he didn't expect that there are so many scenic spots in Shiba Town. He quickly found out the location and the time of the last ferry to the island. If he had time, he would hurry up and visit.

Qingyuan Palace is really easy to find. There is a stone staircase at the end of the old street leading there. The main reason is that a big camphor tree on the right side of the main entrance square is too conspicuous.

There are exactly forty steps in the vertical belt-style staircase in front of the palace. Climb up the steps. There are eight flower stands on both sides of the steps. After walking up the stairs, you will reach the mountain gate. The mountain gate is a stone archway with six reliefs of Taoist legends. Above the main entrance of the stone archway

The stone archway is engraved with the word "Imperial Edict", with a prime minister on each side. There are three large characters "Qingyuan Palace" written on the horizontal scroll under the forehead. The writing is quite good.

There are no tickets required here, just feel free to play around. After entering the mountain gate, you will find that this is a representative work of a typical club, palace and view building.

The theme buildings include the stage, Chuanzhu Hall, Lingguan Hall, Jade Emperor Hall, Sun Moon Pavilion, Qingfeng Pavilion, and a garden with many century-old trees.

After checking the inscriptions, I found out that this palace was built in the fifth year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty. As the old farmer selling green fruits said, it was almost 500 years ago.

The entire palace is very unique. It is not only a standard traditional building, but also a "complex courtyard" with a unique style of traditional architecture.

The entire temple is surrounded by a three-foot-high wind and fire wall. The temple has a raised-beam structure of brick, wood and stone. The relief carvings are exquisite, the cornices are raised and the floors are paved with slabs.

The general layout is a theater building with three halls and one courtyard, symmetrical on both sides, and two high pavilions on the left and right, namely the Wenwu Kuixing Tower.

On both sides of the stage, the male and female guest rooms are also located on the left and right.

There are thirty-two large columns supporting the front and back halls, and like Jiachuan Fawang Temple, they use stone pillars.

It has the characteristics of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Another very distinctive feature is the green glazed tiles on the top of the entire temple, which perfectly matches the lush green shade of the towering ancient trees around the temple.

While touring, everyone was attentive and at the same time spreading knowledge to everyone.

Sichuan Zhuhui is actually an important custom among people in western Chongqing, southern Sichuan and northern Guizhou.

The twenty-fourth day of the sixth lunar month is the "birthday" of Li Bing, the founder of flood control. Because of the legacy of the Dujiangyan water conservancy project, Li Bing is revered as the "Lord of Sichuan" and "Great Bodhisattva" by the people of Bashu.

Therefore, every year on the days before and after the 24th day of the sixth lunar month, people organize memorial activities, forming the "Sichuan Lord Temple Fair".

According to local customs, during the event, the statue of Li Bing is generally carried out and folk activities such as collecting water, praying for blessings, and worshiping are held to express the memory of Li Bing and pray for good weather and a good harvest.

During this period, it is of course inevitable to hold lantern festivals, temple fairs and folk drama performances.

Zhang Xinyi said: "I used to only know about Dujiangyan and Erwang Temple, but I didn't know that even our Jiachuan and Yuzhou further downstream have temples dedicated to Li Bing."

"Actually, there are many theories about the origin of the Lord of Sichuan. Some say it is the minister Yang Jian of the Shang Dynasty, some say it is Li Bing and his Erlang, and some say it is Zhang Yong who was good at governing Shu in the Song Dynasty. No matter how you say it, it is all outstanding.

A man of political achievement.”

"Moreover, the custom of worshiping the Lord of Sichuan is not only practiced in the Bashu region, but also in several provinces such as Yunnan, Guizhou, Hubei and Shaanxi."

"Just like Emperor Wangcong, no matter how many times these temples and temples were destroyed due to war or political factors, as long as people understand their deeds, they will always rebuild those temples after the limelight has passed.

Repair and rebuild."
Chapter completed!