How did Meixiang Hong Kong people cross the Xinjiang River when there was no Jingang Bridge?

Since ancient times, there have been ferries where there are rivers, and there are people where there are ferries. The same is true in our hometown.

The ferry connects with the dam.

I don't know when there was a ferry in Meigang township, and the river surface of the ferry was very wide. There are winding earth steps under the river bank to facilitate guests to get on and off the ship. It used to be smooth and shiny for a long time, but now it's gone.

Before 1972, before the appearance of Jingang Bridge, there were several ships moored at the ferry all the year round. At first it was a brown wooden boat, and later it became a hard cement boat. There are several ferry tools, such as bamboo poles, paddles and ropes, but no matter which ferry method is adopted, you need to master certain skills, otherwise the ship will turn around in the middle of the river and won't reach the other side for a long time.

Opposite the ferry-Longshanling

People in the water town looked up at the river and looked down at it. Hong Kong people in Meixiang cannot go to school, go to market, visit relatives and get married without ferries. When cold comes and summer goes, the ferry goes back and forth between the two sides of the strait, repeating the dull days and carrying the joys and sorrows of the villagers.

Do you remember the wooden boat under the bridge?

Before dawn, a waning moon and a few sparse stars hung in the night sky, and the village was quietly moored in the boundless moonlight like a boat. Not far away, from time to time, there were several dog barks and intermittent chicken barks, mixed with the cough of pedestrians. Shadows in twos and threes appeared on country roads and winding river ridges, and they hurried to the ferry while talking.

The ferry in the early morning is very lively, and the villagers greet each other, talking and laughing. The woman is carrying a bamboo basket with a white gauze on the face of the basket, which contains lively fish and shrimp, all of which are produced in the river. Everyone knows that this river is beautiful in fish, fat and shrimp, and it is favored by everyone.

Everyone rushed to the boat and the ferryman called "Sit down? Promise? Hey? Hey? What is this? Suo, the boat slowly sailed to the other side. There has been a tricycle parked over there, and everyone has climbed into it, chug chug? When they came back from the market town, everyone's face showed a happy smile, and some strange snacks and toys were brought back in the basket, which was enough to make the children happy for several days, and they became more and more yearning for this market town called Huangpu (dialect homophonic).

People come and go at the ferry every day, local and foreign (Shegeng, Daxi Township), men, women and children, with different accents. Ferry is like a normal life, sometimes calm, sometimes stormy. The ferry in spring is hidden in the green willows, and the gentle waves gently beat the ferry. The ferry in the afterglow of the sunset looks quiet and peaceful. During the flood season, the roaring flood flooded the ferry, and the lonely ferry swayed in the storm. People frequently travel to and from the ferry to transfer children, livestock and valuables, and the ferry has become a life channel to the outside world.

The ferry grows old day by day, the children grow up day by day, and then go out to study, join the army, work and get married. Every time I leave, my relatives always see me off all the way, urging me to do everything well and waving goodbye reluctantly until I am sent to the ferry.

Later, with the Jingang Bridge, all kinds of vehicles were still busy, but there were no more ferrymen and no more friendly calls for ferries.

The bustling Jingang Bridge

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